A fleet of high-altitude balloons started delivering internet service to Kenya, extending online access to tens of thousands of people in the first-ever commercial deployment of the technology https://t.co/UOwhpU6Fc6

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 7, 2020

グーグルの気球でインターネット構築網を作るプロジェクトが正式にケニアでサービス開始。コロナ渦で地方でのネットの利用ニーズが高まってるとのこと。面白いねー。Alphabet’s Loon launches its balloon-powered Kenyan internet service – TechCrunch https://t.co/gXMzUa4BzE

— ナイジェリア (@Fumi_Aoki) July 7, 2020

Loon, the balloon-based telecom subsidiary from Google parent Alphabet, is working with Telkom Kenya to provide internet service over a 50,000-square-kilometer region in western and central Kenya, a region that has been hard to cover.https://t.co/jyoBFjwGhs

— Axios (@axios) July 7, 2020

More than 3 months after the announcement, #ProjectLoon ended test phase in #Kenya and started to deliver internet access to population.

This is the first non-emergency use of #Loon to provide connectivity on a large-scale basis.https://t.co/ztpoLfPJEa pic.twitter.com/nYOBTwwFaz

— StratoCat (@stratoballoon) July 7, 2020

.@Google's Loon balloons today officially began delivering internet service in Kenya, the first commercial deployment of the technology anywhere in the world. https://t.co/rvlQwrDqJs

— Abdi Latif Dahir (@Lattif) July 7, 2020

A Google balloon up in the air bringing internet access to remote areas. This floating tower cells technology is launched in Kenya today & its the first of its kind anywhere in the world.

Another great read by my friend, @Lattif via @nytimesworld https://t.co/uddEU2kxgG

— Moulid Hujale (@MoulidHujale) July 7, 2020

A Bird? A Plane? No, It’s a Google Balloon Beaming the Internet. - Remember seeing this product at X with a group of ⁦@SVC2UK⁩ #femalefounders in 2017 thanks to ⁦@obifelten⁩. Amazing progress. ⁦⁦@businesslondon⁩ ⁦@priyalakhani⁩ https://t.co/vzrnOS68zp

— Janet Coyle (@janetcoyle2) July 7, 2020

Alphabet's Loon launches its balloon-powered Kenyan internet service https://t.co/thSsdciWyn via @techcrunch

— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) July 7, 2020

Google Loon finally launches its balloon-powered Kenyan internet service https://t.co/F7X4mfHGp7 @TechFuturesLab 7 years after they were trialled in NZ ?

— Frances Valintine (@francesvnz) July 8, 2020

1/ Wireless and the services it enables are all about tradeoffs. If you add in platforms in space or high altitude there are even more tradeoffs. The engineering inherent in the Loon service in Kenya is impressive. The customer need definitely exists. https://t.co/0nmGfBvFiC

— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) July 7, 2020

A fleet of high-altitude balloons start delivering internet service to Kenya, extending online access to tens of thousands of people in the first-ever commercial deployment of the technology. @mucheru @CA_Kenya @TelkomKenya @TESPOK_KENYA @nmageka @amunyua https://t.co/BEmjnrb0Q2

— ATU Secretary General (@sg_atu) July 8, 2020

Loon had been used only in emergency situations, such as in Puerto Rico in 2017 after Hurricane Maria wiped out cell towers. Now it has just become a real commercial service!

Proud to have played a role earlier in its history. Congrats to the team!https://t.co/4E74jISRaI

— Tilek Mamutov (@tilek) July 8, 2020

気球を飛ばして4G LTE ネットワークを提供！ケニアのナイロビで。元々は緊急時用だったものを平時でも使用。なんとサイズはテニスコートぐらいある！

なんだか夢があるなあ?日本でも災害時に飛ばしてほしいわ。https://t.co/D2reikyito

— Rainy (@Rainy09803031) July 8, 2020

A bird? A plane? No, it’s the first application of balloon-powered internet in Africa - https://t.co/3jfEDGpTvB

— Temba B. Hove (@BigTimmz) July 8, 2020

A Bird? A Plane? No, It’s a Google Balloon Beaming the Internet https://t.co/1DpbMxIlmT

— Tim Hogan (@TimInHonolulu) July 8, 2020