There is a gold rush going on at the digital frontier. As the economies of the likes of Brazil and India grow, so does the demand for web services of the kind that Westerners have come to take for granted: fast, reliable and ubiquitous. We've heard a lot about established tech giants' plans to deliver internet to the masses. Facebook wants to use drones; Google is opting for high-flying balloons. Others are hard at work on websites specially designed for non-Western cultures. Now there is a new player in the game, and it may change the rules.
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