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Global Telcos Join Alphabet, SoftBank's Flying Cellphone Antenna Lobbying Effort (reuters.com) 7

Alphabet and SoftBank's attempts to launch flying cellphone antennas high into the atmosphere have received backing from global telcos, energizing lobbying efforts aimed at driving regulatory approval for the emerging technology. From a report: Loon, which was spun out of Google parent Alphabet's business incubator, and HAPSMobile, a unit of SoftBank Group's domestic telco, plan to deliver high speed internet to remote areas by flying network equipment at high altitudes. Lobbying efforts by the two firms, which formed an alliance last year, are being joined by companies including aerospace firm Airbus, network vendors Nokia and Ericsson and telcos China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica and Bharti Airtel.
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Global Telcos Join Alphabet, SoftBank's Flying Cellphone Antenna Lobbying Effort

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  • by bobstreo ( 1320787 ) on Friday February 21, 2020 @04:48PM (#59752022)

    Rural development (in the USA) has been bartered off to existing ISP providers, which haven't done much in 30 years besides taking the money.

    Perhaps the FCC and their beloved corporate step dog Idjit Pai(d) should throw some money at Starlink or Loon to stimulate technology.

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