Alphabet's Loon launches balloon internet service in Kenya

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Alphabet's Loon launches balloon internet service in Kenya
Alphabet began offering the world's first commercial high-speed internet using balloons to villagers in remote regions of Kenya's Rift Valley on Wednesday. The service is run by Loon, a unit of Google's parent Alphabet, and Telkom Kenya, the East African nation's third largest ...

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