Title:
Alphabet’s Loon launches its balloon-powered Kenyan internet service
Author:
Darrell Etherington
Published:
TechCrunch, 7 July 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/07/alphabets-loon-launches-its-balloon-powered-kenyan-internet-service/
From the article:
Alphabet’s Loon has officially begun operating its commercial internet service in Kenya. This is the first large-scale commercial offering that makes use of Loon’s high-altitude balloons, which essentially work as cell service towers that drift on currents in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.