Google’s Project Loon balloon to enable Internet in rural areas in India

Even though India has excelled in different sectors, it still hasn’t been able to provide Internet facilities to all. Tech giants like Facebook and Google are continuously working on its pilot mission of providing Internet to all corners of the earth, thus helping the world connect to each other.

Recent reports state that the Project Loon introduced by Google in 2013 may also be introduced in India soon. A report in Wall Street Journal states that Google is in talks with telecommunications companies in India to enable balloon-based Internet in rural and developing areas as well.

A research conducted by the Google X research lab revealed that around 4.5 billion people don’t have access to the Internet in the technology-driven world. The Project Loon by Google floats 60,000 feet in one of the Earth’s layers. And impressingly, the Wi-Fi friendly balloon provides Internet using the same technology used by cellular devices at any latitude and can last in the sky for 100 days.

This massive project may include a set up of around 2,00,000 towers in India alone, which in turn hints at a huge investment in the telecommunication infrastructure. On the arrival of the Project Loon in India in 2016, the Project Loon balloon can prove to be a boon to rural areas in India.