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Alphabet's Loon Commercially Launches Balloon-Based Internet Service, Starts With Kenya
Google’s parent company Alphabet has launched its first large-scale balloon-based Internet service through its subsidiary, Loon. This is the first ever implementation of this project that has been in the works for a long time. The first country to get this service is Kenya and Alphabet has worked with Telkom Kenya to make this possible.
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Alphabet's Loon Providing Internet Access to Peru's Earthquake Victims
Loon - an Internet-providing balloon service owned by Alphabet, Google's parent company - is providing Peru's people with wireless broadband communication.
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Alphabet to Deploy Balloon Internet in Kenya With Telkom in 2019
Telkom Kenya is the third biggest operator in the country behind market leader Safaricom and Bharti Airtel's Kenyan unit.
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Google Parent 'Graduates' Moonshot Projects Loon, Wing
The announcement means that balloon project Loon and drone project Wing will be independent companies within Alphabet.
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Google's High Altitude Internet Balloon Crashes in Kenya
The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017.
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Google Parent Says Its Project Loon Balloons Are Now Delivering 4G LTE to Puerto Rico
Several more balloons are on their way from Nevada, and Alphabet has been authorized by the US FCC to send up to 30 balloons to serve the hard-hit area.
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Google Parent's Project Loon Internet-Beaming Balloons a Step Closer to Deployment
Alphabet expects Project Loon to be partnering in coming months with telecom companies to provide Internet to "real users".
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Google's Internet-Beaming Project Loon Balloons Hit Legal Snag in Sri Lanka
Just a year after testing began in Sri Lanka regulators have been unable to allocate Google a radio frequency for the airborne venture without breaching international regulations.
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Google Asks for Airspace Access for Project Loon Internet Balloons
Google went before the UN's aviation agency to ask member states to let it ply their airspace.
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Google's Project Loon Internet Balloon 'Crashes' in Sri Lanka Test Flight
Local police said villagers found the deflated balloon with its electronic equipment in the island's central tea-growing region of Gampola.
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Google's Internet Balloon 'Crashes' In Sri Lanka Test Flight
A Google balloon, part of the company's high-speed Internet service known as "Project Loon", crashed in a Sri Lankan tea plantation during its maiden test flight, local police said today.
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Google Balloon To Provide Fast Internet In Remote Areas
Google's ambitious project to deliver internet to remote parts of the world using high-flying balloons has survived a brutal development phase and will enter the testing mode later this year, media reported on Tuesday.
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Google 'Project Loon' Balloon Enters Sri Lanka for Internet Tests
One of three balloons that will be used in the trials entered Sri Lankan airspace Monday.
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Sri Lanka Takes Stake in Google's Project Loon Balloon Internet Venture
"The government of Sri Lanka will have a 25 percent stake in the (joint-venture) company in return for the spectrum that will be allocated for the project."
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Alphabet To Give First Peek At Cost Of 'Moonshot' Bets
How much is Google-parent Alphabet Inc spending on "moonshots" - self-driving cars, glucose-monitoring contact lenses, Internet balloons and other ambitious projects?
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Alphabet's Loon Commercially Launches Balloon-Based Internet Service, Starts With Kenya
Google’s parent company Alphabet has launched its first large-scale balloon-based Internet service through its subsidiary, Loon. This is the first ever implementation of this project that has been in the works for a long time. The first country to get this service is Kenya and Alphabet has worked with Telkom Kenya to make this possible.
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Alphabet's Loon Providing Internet Access to Peru's Earthquake Victims
Loon - an Internet-providing balloon service owned by Alphabet, Google's parent company - is providing Peru's people with wireless broadband communication.
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Alphabet to Deploy Balloon Internet in Kenya With Telkom in 2019
Telkom Kenya is the third biggest operator in the country behind market leader Safaricom and Bharti Airtel's Kenyan unit.
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Google Parent 'Graduates' Moonshot Projects Loon, Wing
The announcement means that balloon project Loon and drone project Wing will be independent companies within Alphabet.
-
Google's High Altitude Internet Balloon Crashes in Kenya
The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017.
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Google Parent Says Its Project Loon Balloons Are Now Delivering 4G LTE to Puerto Rico
Several more balloons are on their way from Nevada, and Alphabet has been authorized by the US FCC to send up to 30 balloons to serve the hard-hit area.
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Google Parent's Project Loon Internet-Beaming Balloons a Step Closer to Deployment
Alphabet expects Project Loon to be partnering in coming months with telecom companies to provide Internet to "real users".
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Google's Internet-Beaming Project Loon Balloons Hit Legal Snag in Sri Lanka
Just a year after testing began in Sri Lanka regulators have been unable to allocate Google a radio frequency for the airborne venture without breaching international regulations.
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Google Asks for Airspace Access for Project Loon Internet Balloons
Google went before the UN's aviation agency to ask member states to let it ply their airspace.
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Google's Project Loon Internet Balloon 'Crashes' in Sri Lanka Test Flight
Local police said villagers found the deflated balloon with its electronic equipment in the island's central tea-growing region of Gampola.
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Google's Internet Balloon 'Crashes' In Sri Lanka Test Flight
A Google balloon, part of the company's high-speed Internet service known as "Project Loon", crashed in a Sri Lankan tea plantation during its maiden test flight, local police said today.
-
Google Balloon To Provide Fast Internet In Remote Areas
Google's ambitious project to deliver internet to remote parts of the world using high-flying balloons has survived a brutal development phase and will enter the testing mode later this year, media reported on Tuesday.
-
Google 'Project Loon' Balloon Enters Sri Lanka for Internet Tests
One of three balloons that will be used in the trials entered Sri Lankan airspace Monday.
-
Sri Lanka Takes Stake in Google's Project Loon Balloon Internet Venture
"The government of Sri Lanka will have a 25 percent stake in the (joint-venture) company in return for the spectrum that will be allocated for the project."
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Alphabet To Give First Peek At Cost Of 'Moonshot' Bets
How much is Google-parent Alphabet Inc spending on "moonshots" - self-driving cars, glucose-monitoring contact lenses, Internet balloons and other ambitious projects?
