- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 06:37:48 -0400
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [webwatch] NEWS CORP. GOES AIRBORNE WITH WEB SERVICE Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:47:49 -0500 From: "Lisa LaNell Mauldin" <lisamauldin@earthlink.net> Reply-To: "webwatch" <webwatch@telelists.com> To: "webwatch" <webwatch@telelists.com> Hi All, Before you know it, they'll be wiring public bathrooms with Internet service...and it still won't be fully accessible. <sigh> Lisa --- NEWS CORP. GOES AIRBORNE WITH WEB SERVICE News Corp. is teaming up with Globalstar and Qualcomm to offer air travelers e-mail and Internet connections while aloft. The announcement comes less than two months after Boeing announced it was forming a similar venture with Loral Space and Mitsubishi. Some analysts estimate this fast-growing segment of airborne communications could produce more than $50 billion in worldwide revenue over the next decade. The News Corp. group hopes that by using Globalstar's constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites, it will be able to roll out services more quickly than the Boeing system, which is based on much higher-orbit satellites. (Wall Street Journal 22 Jun 2000) http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB961622961306054822.htm
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