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Connecting the last mile in Africa: A volumetric analysis of internet balloons and rural base stations.

In the competition to connect the next billion users, Africa's last mile is becoming a frontier for big tech companies to experiment with new infrastructure ideas. Based on interviews and archival research, this article examines two cases of connecting the last mile through high-latitude balloons in...

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Publicado en:Media, Culture & Society Vol. 47; no. 8; pp. 1653 - 1674
Autor principal: Lu, Miao
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications, Ltd. Nov2025
Materias:
Africa
Alphabet Inc.
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Rural telecommunication
Infrastructure (Economics)
Internet
Digital divide
Geographic spatial analysis
Sociotechnical systems
Airships
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