High altitude drone enables 5G video call between Rwanda and Japan

Data collected from sub-scale flight in Arizona to be used in development of full scale unit

Telco promised to continue high-altitude R&D

Company to demonstrate ‘reduced-scale’ high altitude Stratobus airship for communications and reconnaissance

Telco works with Altaeros to test blimp-based connectivity

Real estate firm buddies up with Japanese telco for high altitude cell tower project

Company acquires 200 patents from now-defunct balloon project

Japanese telco partners with Smart Africa alliance to test demand and feasibility of ‘Non-Terrestrial Network’ solutions

First commercial NB IoT service available in India now, will also be part of a separate SoftBank offering