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Google internet balloon project has been killed, along with Vodacom deal in Mozambique  Jan 22, 2021, 06:01 PM facebook email A balloon from Google's "Project Loon" - to supply remote areas with Internet connections. Photo: Getty Images Google parent company Alphabet has shut down  Loon, which produces solar-powered balloons that bring internet to remote areas.  Last year, Vodacom struck a deal with Loon to expand internet access in Mozambique. Project Loon started as one of Alphabet's moonshot projects. For more stories, go to www.BusinessInsider.co.za. Alphabe...

“While we’ve found a number of willing partners along the way, we haven’t found a way to get the costs low enough to build a long-term, sustainable business,” Westgarth explained.  “Sadly, despite the team’s groundbreaking technical achievements over the last 9 years — doing many things previously thought impossible, like precisely navigating balloons in the stratosphere, creating a mesh network in the sky, or developing balloons that can withstand the harsh conditions of the stratosphere for more than a year — the road to commercial viability has proven much longer and r...

Alphabet To Ground Internet Balloon Project Loon MOUNTAIN VIEW (dpa-AFX) - Google parent Alphabet decided to drop its Internet balloon project Loon that was launched with the idea of providing Internet access to rural areas and providing last mile connectivity. In a blog post, Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth said they have not found a way to get the costs low enough to build a long-term, sustainable business, despite gaining a number of interested partners along the way. Though the project was started in June 2013, it continued to be a long-term experimental project. Loon is an independent busine...

By Shaka Momodu I can visualise the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim, also known as Sheikh Pantami, watching videos and photos of desperate clusters of people at various National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) centres across the country attempting to obtain the National Identity Number (NIN) and gleefully feeling good about himself. You know that satisfaction some derive when they inflict pain and misery on others? Yes. Let me stretch it just a bit further, Germans call it schadenfreude. Researchers said it gives sadists an adrenaline rush. That sudden re...

IDC names top 10 trends for smart cities in policing, cybersecurity, and high-speed internet connections on December 22, 2020, 7:36 AM PST COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation and analysts predict overall smart city investment will reach $203 billion globally by 2024. The "IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Smart Cities and Communities 2021 Predictions" report  reflects IDC's vision for the 10 most important trends in smart city technology over the next six years.  Image: IDC Growing IoT networks will make cities more vulnerable to rans...