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What goes up must come down: Alphabet shuts down Loon

2021-01-22 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

It is a sad day for novel connectivity mediums, with Alphabet announcing the shutting down of its Loon project, which sought to provide connectivity by attaching base stations to balloons some 20km in the air. Loon, founded in 2011, intended to use these floating base stations to provide connectivity to hard-to-reach customers around the world…read more on TotalTele.com »

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