Google is working on building up wireless networks in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and other developing regions, reports The Wall Street Journal . Google is said to be "deep" in the process of funding and building such networks, and is looking to partner with local companies and seeking to have local regulators open up spectrum reserved for TV and other industries. That spectrum may be so-called "white spaces," the portions that TV companies don't use but which are still licensed to them. After all, in March, Google announced a trial to deliver wireless broadband to ten schools in South Africa over white spaces, which would seem to be in line with the larger ambitions reported today.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/24/4363170/google-may-fund-and-build-wireless-networks-in-africa-southeast-asia
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