Alphabet’s Giant Internet Balloons to Boost Anti-Virus Efforts in Kenya
- Telkom Kenya working with Alphabet unit Loon on project
- Project to rollout 4G connectivity across East African country
A Loon internet balloon.
Photographer: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images
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Kenya has approved a project by Alphabet Inc.’s unit Loon and Telkom Kenya to begin broadcasting high-speed internet from huge balloons hovering over the country’s airspace.