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==Challenges==
Though Google initially believed that partnerships with telecommunications companies would be one of their biggest challenges, they have learned through the process that the opposite is the case. Because they're working through existing mobile data networks, Project Director Mike Cassidy says, "Every telco wants to partner with us."<ref name="wired"></ref>
==Pilot Tests==
==Pilot Tests==
===India (2016)===
===India (2016)===
Google hopes to being Project Loon to India but must first partner with a local telecommunications company. As of March 2016, they were in discussions with a number of them.<ref name="india"></ref> Google also mentioned that, unlike Facebook's [[Free Basics]] internet service, they would not censor content.<ref name="india"></ref> Though Google initially believed that partnerships with telecommunications companies would be one of their biggest challenges, they have learned through the process that the opposite is the case. Because they're working through existing mobile data networks, Project Director Mike Cassidy says, "Every telco wants to partner with us."<ref name="wired"></ref>
Google hopes to being Project Loon to India but must first partner with a local telecommunications company. As of March 2016, they were in discussions with a number of them.<ref name="india"></ref> Google also mentioned that, unlike Facebook's [[Free Basics]] internet service, they would not censor content.<ref name="india"></ref>
==References==
==References==
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