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In partnership with Telkom Kenya, Loon will provide Internet service from these high altitude balloons whose routes will be monitored so that this coverage can be maintained, according to Loon, a new independent commercial unit of Alphabet.
Central Kenya 's regions will begin to receive the benefits of this project from next year, according to Alastair Westgarth, Loon' s manager, who said the goal of the project is to "get the job done. business was to "connect people in everything" We could not be happier to start this adventure in Kenya, and we look forward to working with other mobile network companies around the world to offer this option said Westgarth in a blog post
Last week, Alphabet announced that it was advancing two projects of this type, that of balloons (Loon) and another in which drones will be used, named Wing, 9659002] Wing and Loon are part of the Alphabet Factory known as X, which develops projects likely to penetrate new areas.
Loon tested a network of space balloons for Last month , Facebook has completed its production plan for a fleet of drones that will provide Internet coverage in remote areas of the planet, and said that he would continue to work on this type of projects with multiple partners. , including Airbus. AFP / RA
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