Othernet

Othernet Inc is a broadcast data company. Othernet sells a portable satellite data receiver that combines an amplifier, radio, and CPU in a single unit.

Othernet's stated goal is to make news, information, and education accessible to everyone. It aims to provide free access to content from the web through geostationary and low Earth orbit satellites, made available effectively to all parts of the world. The project currently uses datacasting conventional geostationary communications satellites in a satellite constellation network. Wi-Fi enabled devices would communicate with the satellite hotspots, which receive data broadcasts from satellites.

The company and its service were previously known as Outernet, but were changed in July 2018 due to trademark issues. It received its initial investment from the Media Development Investment Fund, a United States–based impact investment fund and non-profit organization established in 1995 by Saša Vučinić and Stuart Auerbach. In 2015, Outernet (now Othernet) also launched an IndieGogo campaign, which raised $697,552 to finance the development of the Lantern receiver which was never completed and delivered to backers.