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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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"The rest of Europe is so primed for hard seltzer" - just-drinks speaks to Loon Water co-founders Fabio & Francesca Bruni
2020-09-23 15:20:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Loon Water founders Fabio and Francesca Bruni talk about the difference between the US and UK markets, why distillers risk brand dilution with big-name launches and where the global hard seltzer category goes from here.
Loon Water's Two Brooks alcoholic sparkling water - Product Launch
2020-06-08 15:59:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Loon Water, a new UK drinks company, has launched an alcoholic sparkling water - also known as hard seltzer - in the country.
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Alphabet's Loon and Vodacom tie up to increase rural internet access in Mozambique
2020-05-13 14:13:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Alphabet's Loon and Vodacom Group have agreed to use Loon's balloon-powered internet service to expand the Vodacom network in Mozambique. Vodacom will provide service to un-served and under-served parts of the country with a network of floating cell phone towers that operate 20 kilometres above Earth. Vodacom will expand mobile network access to Cabo Delgado and Niassa provinces, two regions that have proven hard to cover in the past because of challenging geography and low population density.
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AT&T gives Loon a big lift with connectivity partnership
2020-05-06 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Alphabet’s Loon has struck a major deal with US operator AT&T, announcing that it has integrated its platform with AT&T’s network. The idea behind this move is to allow AT&T to response quickly to natural disasters that may disrupt traditional internet infrastructure, with Loon’s internet-carrying balloons stepping in to fill the gap…read more on TotalTele.com »
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