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A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that

A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that

About one-third of the global population, around 3 billion people, don’t have access to the internet or have poor connections because of infrastructure limitations, economic disparities and geographic isolation. Today’s satellites and ground-based networks leave communications gaps where, because of geography, setting up traditional ground-based communications equipment would be too expensive. High-altitude platform stations – telecommunications equipment positioned high […] … learn more→