KACHARAGADLA

There has finally been some advancement in launching Project Loon in India, whose discussion has been going back-and-forth between Google and the Government for over a year now. Google has got the clearance to test Project Loon in India, with the aim of providing internet to everyone using balloons up in the sky. Having hit some roadblocks this year, the project got delayed, but the Government has finally given the conditional nod to test out the technology for just 4 days in India, as a pilot. The sites will be chosen in either Maharashtra or Andhra Pradesh, to test out the technology in small rural areas of the country. Of course, the urban parts of the country will get the technology earlier because of better connectivity and infrastructure. A top Government official said, “We are trying to test the effectiveness of Loon in the interiors of the country, since there is already ample connectivity in urban areas.” Discussions are going on between Google and National Informati