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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