High-flying balloons to boost northern Mozambique’s Internet

The Project Loon team from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, launches a high-altitude balloon carrying electronic testing equipment. The stratospheric balloons are expected to be over Mozambique in a few months to expand 4G Internet coverage to Mozambique’s Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces. Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet, recently launched similar balloons over parts of rural Kenya. — Bay Area News Group/TNS

MAPUTO, Mozambique: Balloons floating 12 miles over northern Mozambique are planned to provide the remote and violence-prone region with stable Internet connections, according to Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and local mobile telecoms provider Vodacom.

The stratospheric balloons are expected to be over Mozambique in a few months to expand 4G Internet coverage to Mozambique’s Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces. Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet, recently launched similar balloons over parts of rural Kenya.