Google parent Alphabet, in a collaboration with Telkom Kenya, is delivering 4G access to rural areas making Kenya the first country to test the Google Loon internet balloons.
Using Internet by Balloons to Boost Pandemic Preparedness
Kenya has become the first country to test ballons for delivering internet access to rural areas, in a collaboration between Google's Project Loon and Telkom Kenya. The Google initiative, which has been underway for several years. has been fast-tracked in Kenya by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Africa: How Google's Project Loon Can Improve Epidemic Preparedness
allAfrica, 22 July 2020
Twenty kilometers above the ground, giant balloons are hovering in the sky, providing high-speed internet spanning 50,000 square kilometers across central and western… Read more »
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Africa: Internet Balloons Could Help to Bridge the Digital Divide
The Conversation Africa, 16 July 2020
Kenya has, in partnership with Google's sister firm, Loon, launched a fleet of 35 internet balloons that will provide internet services to remote areas of the country. This is the… Read more »
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Kenya: Telkom, Google Take 4G Internet to Rural Communities in Kenya
Nation, 9 July 2020
Telkom Kenya in collaboration with Google parent company Aphabet has officially launched a network of 4G internet balloons, making Kenya the first country in the world to… Read more »
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Kenya: Google Loon Partners With Telkom to Provide Countrywide 4g Internet to Support Homeschooling
Capital FM, 23 March 2020
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has authorized the deployment of Google loon balloons in the Kenyan airspace to provide 4G internet access across the country in partnership with… Read more »
