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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Google to bankroll, build wireless networks across Africa

To reach its goal, Google, ... is lobbying regulators to use airwaves reserved for television broadcasts, which at lower frequencies can pass through buildings and over longer distances, the WSJ reported.
It is also working on providing low-cost cellphones and employing balloons or blimps to transmit signals over hundreds of square miles from high altitudes.
Google to bankroll, build wireless networks across Africa: WSJ | Reuters