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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said late on Friday it had approved Alphabet Inc's application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons.

Hurricane Maria demolished Puerto Rico’s brittle electrical grid in one slash across the island. In doing so, it also took the broadband infrastructure with it. A fix could soon be high-altitude ...

It has been a month since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and wreaked havoc on the island’s infrastructure. The telecommunications network was especially hard hit: The Federal Communications ...

It's been almost two months since Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico, and the territory is still in the process of recovering. Over half of the island's inhabitants don't have access to ...

Despite the best efforts of cell companies, the vast majority of Puerto Rico is offline. Internet coverage might seem like a luxury when people are struggling for clean water and power, but ...

After Hurricane Maria battered down Puerto Rico and knocked down 90 percent of its cell towers, Alphabet’s X unit, AT&T, Apple and the Federal Communications Commission are working to bring more ...

More than one month after Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, cell phone communication and connection to the internet remain sorely lacking. Enter Project Loon, the ...

Google's parent company is set to launch balloons into the Caribbean skies in an attempt to restore telephone networks in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Alphabet Inc., which controls Google, obtained ...

(Reuters) - Experimental communications balloons provided by Alphabet Inc in collaboration with AT&T Inc will allow some of the carrier's customers in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico to send texts and ...