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Apple enabling emergency AT&T LTE in Puerto Rico using Google’s Project Loon balloons

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/project-loon-launch-1-e1508541799635.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1584)</div><p>Apple is working with AT&amp;T and Google parent-company Alphabet to enable emergency LTE in Puerto Rico after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria last month. TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/20/apple-and-att-activate-provisional-lte-band-8-to-give-iphone-users-in-puerto-rico-cellular-service/) reports that Apple is issuing a carrier update this week using the service enable LTE Band 8 support. As 9to5Google (https://9to5google.com/2017/10/20/alphabet-x-project-loon-puerto-rico-live/) reported earlier today, this emergency LTE is enabled by Alphabet’s X division using Project Loon.</p>
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