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A third of the world’s population lacks internet connection – aerial communication stations could change that

Nearly a third of the world’s population, approximately 3 billion people, lack access to the internet or have poor connections due to infrastructure constraints, economic inequalities and geographic isolation. Today’s satellites and ground-based networks leave communications gaps where, due to geographic location, traditional ground-based communications equipment would be prohibitively expensive to install. High-altitude platform stations—telecommunications… Read More »