Google’s balloon-based internet for everyone strategy – Project Loon – continues to build momentum with the news that the Indian government has cleared the project for testing over its skies.
Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters.
As much as two-thirds of the world’s population does not yet have Internet access, Google explains. The company is seeking to address this with a network of internet-beaming balloons in the atmosphere that it hopes will provide a continuous data service to people living below their path.
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