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Google Blimps Will Carry Wireless Signal Across Africa
Google blimps are capable of transmitting wireless signals to areas of hundreds of square kilometers.
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Search giant Google intends to build huge wireless networks across Africa and Asia using high-altitude balloons and blimps. The company is intending to finance, build, and help operate networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, with the aim of connecting around a billion people to the web.
Rather than traditional infrastructure, Google's signal will be carried by high-altitude platforms — balloons and blimps — that can transmit to areas of hundreds of square kilometers. Google lobbyists are targeting regulators across developing countries to allow them to use airwaves currently reserved for television broadcasts — which operate at lower frequencies and can therefore penetrate buildings and travel longer distances than current Wi-Fi technology.
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