Fi-acebook yona iyancintisana ukuhlinzeka nge-inthanethi esheshayo kuma-Afrika. Isidlakela saseMelika sihlanganyele amabutho nesiphuphutheki saseYurophu u-Eutelsat ukuhlangabezana nale nselele.
«Ngo-2015, iGoogle ikholelwa ukuthi izokwazi ukudala indandatho ebanzi engama-80 km ezoqinisekisa ukutholakala kwenethiwekhi okuqhubekayo eningizimu yezwe. Futhi umqondisi wephrojekthi yeLoon, uMike Cassidy, ubikezela ukuthi ngonyaka we-2016, iGoogle izokwazi ukunikela ngenethiwekhi yeselula. I-LTE inikwa amandla ngamabhaluni ayo ezindaweni zasemakhaya zaseNingizimu Melika, eNingizimu Afrika nase-Oceania ”, wabhala i-Slate.fr ngo-December 2014.