An AT&T drone is now providing cellular service to people in Puerto Rico [telecom]

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Cellular network still devastated; carriers scramble to reconnect residents.

By Jon Brodkin

AT&T is using an LTE-equipped drone to reconnect some Puerto Ricans who lost wireless service after Hurricane Maria.

This obviously isn't a permanent fix for Puerto Rico, where 48 percent of cell sites are still out of service more than a month after the hurricane wrecked telecom infrastructure on the island. But the drone

- AT&T calls it a Flying COW (Cell on Wings) - is providing wireless connectivity in an area of up to 40 square miles.