Njengoba kushicilelwe ngumphakathi Bloomberg, I-Alfabhethi ithengise ukuhlukaniswa kwesathelayithi UTerra Bella, okusho ukuyeka "ibhizinisi lezithombe bukhoma elibizayo."
Lesi sigaba satholakala ku-2014 futhi saqanjwa kabusha ngonyaka owedlule, kepha inkampani yabazali yakwaGoogle ibizonquma ukuyisusa. Ekuqaleni, iphrojekthi yayihloselwe ukuhlinzeka ngezithombe ezihambisana nesikhathi ezinhlekeleleni zemvelos, futhi kamuva savela emugqeni wokunikeza ukuxhumana kwe-Intanethi.
Inkampani yama-Alphabet iyaqhubeka ukunciphisa noma isuse leyo yamaphrojekthi ayo abiza kakhulu ngokwezimali kuyo. ISkybox Imaging yatholwa eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule isamba esingu- $ 500 million futhi yaqala ukusebenza ngaphansi kophiko olubanzi kakhulu lweGoogle Maps.
Ukugxila kwakhe okukhulu kwakuhilela ukusetshenziswa kwe- iziphuphutheki ezincane Bebezothatha izithombe eziningi zendawo ethile bese bezihlanganisa ukuze zenze isithombe sokulungiswa okuphezulu. Ngokuya nge-Google, lezi zithombe zesathelayithi ezivuselelwe zizoba lusizo ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sezinhlekelele zemvelo kanye nokuqapha ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Kepha futhi babenokusetshenziswa okuthe xaxa kokuhweba, njengokulandela impahla emachwebeni noma ezimotweni zokupaka. Ngesikhathi sokutholwa, iGoogle ibifuna ukuthi iziphuphutheki zisetshenziswe futhi ukuhlinzeka ukufinyelela kwe-Intanethi ezingxenyeni ezahlukahlukene zomhlaba.
Ukuthengiswa manje okumenyezelwe yiBloomberg kumele ubufakazi bokuthi i-Alphabet iyanciphisa izifiso zayo zokuxhuma kwi-inthanethi, ngemuva kweBaron of Fiber e-United States ngo-Okthoba odlule. Noma kunjalo, inkampani isenayo i- iphrojekthi ye-loon ukuhlinzeka nge-Intanethi ngamabhaluni, kanye ne Iphrojekthi yeSkyBender enikezela ukuxhumeka kwe-5G ngama-drones anikwe amandla elanga.
Ngokusho Bloomberg, IPlanethi, ukuqala kwesithombe se-satellite, ibingathola iTerra Bella, ukugcina abanye abasebenzi ngenkathi abanye babelwa kabusha kwaGoogle.