Start-up satellite Internet provider OneWeb LLC addressed many of the issues that skeptics had used to question its seriousness.
The company announced $500 million in equity coming from Indian and Mexican telecommunications providers, ground segment builders, the satellite prime contractor and even from an ostensible competitor in satellite fleet operator Intelsat. Intelsat will now be a OneWeb partner, with the two companies sharing customers and spectrum.
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