Virginia-based UbiquitiLink has increased its total funding to $5.2m after raising $12m from Revolution's "Rise of the Rest" Seed Fund and Blazar Ventures. UbiquitiLink aims to offer a satellite-powered, roughly 2G internet service, with signals sent directly to customers' phones. The firm is scheduled to launch a cell tower on a SpaceX rocket in the coming days, to test connectivity across 22 mobile operators.
Virginia-based UbiquitiLink has increased its total funding to $12m after raising $5.2m from Revolution's "Rise of the Rest" Seed Fund and Blazar Ventures. UbiquitiLink aims to offer a satellite-powered, roughly 2G internet service, with signals sent directly to customers' phones. The firm is scheduled to launch a cell tower on a SpaceX rocket in the coming days, to test connectivity across 22 mobile operators.