Telkom Kenya CEO Mugo Kibati uses his cellphone to test the Loon technology Internet via video call as Alphabet Inc begins offering the world’s first commercial high-speed Internet using balloons to villagers in Radad, Baringo County, Kenya. — Reuters
BARINGO, Kenya: Alphabet Inc began offering the world’s first commercial high-speed Internet using balloons to villagers in remote regions of Kenya’s Rift Valley on July 8.
The service is run by Loon, a unit of Google’s parent Alphabet, and Telkom Kenya, the East African nation's third largest telecoms operator.
