Nearly ten years after beginning the project, Meta apparently closed its Connectivity division. According to The Verge, the corporation will now divide the division between its infrastructure and central products teams.
In order for customers to access the company’s social networks, Meta Connectivity (previously Facebook Connectivity) was launched in 2013 with the goal of increasing online activity. Through the program, the business created and later shelved a project that entailed using autonomous, high-flying drones to beam internet to far-flung regions of the globe.
Meta anticipates significant losses in 2023
It also concentrated on developing a Starlink-like low-Earth orbit satellite-based internet infrastructure, but Amazon hired the group responsible for it last year. Although the precise date of the closure of Meta’s Connectivity division is yet unknown, its absence from last month’s round of layoffs and organizational changes, which resulted in the loss of 11,000 positions at the company, is timely.
As the corporation heavily invests in CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s expensive effort to develop the metaverse, Meta anticipates significant losses in 2023. Along with major projects like satellites, drones, and an internet-connected helicopter, Meta Connectivity also offered free internet in underdeveloped nations, although customers could only access Facebook and a select few other websites.