Microsoft with other partners has also been working on bringing broadband to Kenya (and ultimately other African countries) via white spaces:
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-eyes-white-spaces-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-kenya-7000010897/ However, every party has their own agenda so hopefully competition lowers prices and gives people more choices. And having many entities working to get people internet access (esp those that really need it) is what we need to see more of... --Kul On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < everton.alvare...@okfn.org> wrote: > @ Mobile team > > > http://readwrite.com/2013/05/24/google-planning-wireless-networks-to-connect-the-next-billion-people > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323975004578503350402434918.html > > Tom > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > OKFN Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre > http://br.okfn.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Kul Wadhwa Head of Mobile Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l