Connectivity Technology Blog

You have read a lot about Loon on this blog and our sister blogs. The good news is that Loon is finally providing connectivity to Kenya. It's been nearly 3 years since they were first providing connectivity to flood affected Peru . In our last post on this topic on the blog, we looked at how Loon and Terrestrial LTE can co-exist , which is what is required for providing connectivity via Loon over rural areas. A blog post by Loon CEO provided more details. Here are some extracts: Balloons went from lasting hours to days to weeks to months to over half a year. Launching, once done by hand, is now done by twin, 90-foot tall automated machines that can send a balloon to 60,000 feet once every 30 minutes. Balloons that once floated freely around the world are now directed by machine-learning algorithms that have developed their own interesting and complex navigational maneuvers to achieve the mission of providing sustained service to users below. Communications equipment that c...