Mobile data might seem near-ubiquitous, but the world still has major dead zones and huge expanses with poor coverage. Anyone that has fervently and consistently checked the availability of Verizon's ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A Google-affiliated company has chosen Kenya as the home of its first announced commercial deal for delivering internet access to hard-to-reach areas using high-altitude ...

Google plans to deploy hundreds of Project Loon balloons in an effort to make fast internet more accessible to the citizens of Indonesia. The company will collaborate with Indonesian network operators ...

Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, called this week on the administration of President Joe Biden to greenlight a plan to transmit the internet to people in Cuba via high-altitude balloons ...

Google's Internet-beaming balloons are ready to take off on the next phase of their mission to deliver online access in regions where most people live offline, according to the company's blog. The ...

(Reuters) - Google Inc has launched a small network of balloons over the Southern Hemisphere in an experiment it hopes could bring reliable Internet access to the world's most remote regions, the ...

A Google Loon internet balloon floats over Butte on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. According to the Loon project website, which is now listed as discontinued, the goal was to bring internet access to remote ...

A fleet of balloons has begun providing internet service to remote areas of Kenya, Google's Project Loon and Telkom Kenya announced. It's the first balloon-powered internet to launch in Africa, and ...

Telkom Kenya’s ambitious plan to reach out to remote areas through Internet balloon project is in jeopardy following change of business plan by its key partners in the project Telkom Kenya was ...

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Google's parent company is shutting down its balloon internet project. Alphabet's Loon is known for its internet balloons, but it worked on an entirely balloon-less project as part of its partnership ...