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Telkom Kenya ends internet balloon project

A Loon balloon. Google parent company, Alphabet, shut down Loon saying the internet balloon business was not commercially viable.

Telkom Kenya’s ambitious plan to reach out to remote areas through Internet balloon project is in jeopardy following change of business plan by its key partners in the project

Telkom Kenya was piloting the project with Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc.

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