An ambitious project by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to use giant balloons to beam high-speed internet to remote parts of Kenya remains grounded by bureaucracy almost two years after it was announced. A commercial trial with the African country’s third-biggest telecoms operator, Telkom Kenya, is still waiting for regulatory approval some 20 months after it was unveiled. The two companies need authorisation from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Transport to fly the balloons. Read More...
An ambitious project by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to use giant balloons to beam high-speed internet to remote parts of Kenya remains grounded by bureaucracy almost two years after it was announced. A commercial trial with the African country’s third-biggest telecoms operator, Telkom Kenya, is still waiting for regulatory approval some 20 months after it was unveiled. The two companies need authorisation from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Transport to fly the balloons.
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