Google’s high-altitude internet balloons could soon connect rural Kenya

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Google’s high-altitude internet balloons could soon connect rural Kenya

Google is in talks with telecom operators in Kenya to bring balloon-powered internet to people in rural and remote areas.

Through its Project Loon, which was created by its innovation lab Alphabet X, the company said it was negotiating with mobile operators to deploy a network of balloons across Kenya.

Quartz

https://qz.com/1325552/googles-project-loon-to-use-balloons-to-beam-the-internet-in-kenya/amp/

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