[Wikimedia-l] Google Planning Wireless Networks To Connect The Next 1B People

[Kul Wadhwa]

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.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:

> @ Mobile team
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> http://readwrite.com/2013/05/24/google-planning-wireless-networks-to-connect-the-next-billion-people
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> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323975004578503350402434918.html
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> Tom
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Kul Wadhwa
Head of Mobile
Wikimedia Foundation