Tag: Project Loon
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Kenya to use Alphabet’s balloons for rural internet
Kenya will use Alphabet Inc’s system of balloons to beam high-speed internet access in hopes of connecting more of its rural population to the web, its ICT Minister said on Thursday. Known as “Project Loon”, the technology was developed by Alphabet’s X, the company’s innovation lab. It was used by U.S. telecom operators to provide…
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Google’s high-speed Internet Balloon crashes in Kenya
Google’s high-altitude Internet balloon, launched by Google to provide high-speed Internet in remote parts of the earth under Project Loon, has crashed in a Kenya farm, a media report said on Saturday. The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017. It crashed…