Colombo
The first balloon Loon project with Google to provide Internet equipment from the stratosphere arrived today Sri Lanka to begin commercial trials in Indian island.
“Today we are in the aerospace space Sri Lanka globe, which is now south of Hambanthota “in the south, the executive director of the Agency for Information, Communication and Technology of Sri Lanka (ICTA), Muhanthan Canagey told Efe.
the official said that at the beginning of next week will begin work connection, “which will consist of testing the service and coordinate the spectrum.”
explained that the tests will be held for less than twelve months before its commercial operation, remembering that Google is expected to use at least 13 of these balloons to connect across the country.
two such balloons now travel to Sri Lanka, one to South Africa after being released in the United States, a journey of just under two weeks he said.
last July, Sri Lanka and Google signed a deal for the former Ceylon Loon participate in the project, a system for carrying Internet to all corners of the island making it a territory completely connected to the rest of the planet.
in this way, Sri Lanka becomes a pioneer in the application of technology project called for the US technology giant like “Loon” (crazy), by madness, according to his own account, is trying to connect the planet to an Internet network intertwined with balloons country since the stratosphere.
the project, launched in 2011, provides surround the Earth with balloons suspended in the stratosphere to bring Internet access to remote areas with difficult and rural connectivity.
These balloons go where needed layer up or down to move in the desired direction taking advantage of the movement of the winds .
partnering with telecommunications companies to share spectrum cell phone, people can connect directly to the network of balloons from their phones and other devices with LTE (4G).
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