‘Alphabet’s Loon Launches 35 Balloons Above Kenya to Provide Internet’ – 4G LTE voor 50 duizend vierkante kilometer (video)
8 July 2020
11:21
A number of people in rural parts of Kenya will now be able to access internet thanks to Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) Loon division’s new project.
A fleet of 35 balloons will be launched in the African country to provide 4G LTE service, which will be provided by Telkom Kenya — the first commercial service of its kind in Kenya.
The area the project spans at the moment is roughly 50,000 square kilometers across western and central parts of the country.
Billions of people around the world are still without internet access. Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, delivering connectivity to people in unserved and underserved communities around the world.
