Project Loon
Project Loon is a project at Google that aims to provide internet access; it focuses on developing countries, rural and remote areas and areas that have suffered natural disasters. It plans to use high-altitude balloons to create large-scale 3G wireless networks.[1]
Background
On the 15th December 2014, it was announced that the French Space Agency CNES had formed a partnership with Google on Project Loon.[2]
References
- ↑ Google Loon Retrieved 16th December 2014.
- ↑ Google partners with French space agency for Project Loon Techtimes, retrieved 17th December 2014.