BT in Talks to Use OneWeb Satellites for Rural Internet Push
- Early talks focus on using OneWeb to connect remote regions
- U.K. government under pressure to justify its rescue of OneWeb
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BT Group Plc and government-backed satellite startup OneWeb are discussing ways of collaborating to connect the remotest parts of Britain to broadband.
The companies are in the early stages of studying how broadband beamed from satellite constellations like OneWeb’s might be used to reach homes that are too expensive to connect using terrestrial cable or wireless networks, according to people with knowledge of the talks.