Google ’s ambitiousplan to fill the sky with internetis suddenly wait way morefeasibleas a realism : the hunting colossus nowhas a commercial cellular partnerworking on the task in Australia .
The Guardian reportsthat Google is teaming up with Australia ’s Telstra mail carrier to launch Loon ’s self-aggrandizing trial flights yet . The Modern trial will see 20 balloon wing over western Queensland during December , beam 4G - like signal down to Earth , 20 kilometre below . In the new collaboration , Telstra will offer up basis stations to communicate with the balloon .
We might be some way off experience a Earth entirely circle by Wi - Fi balloon , but clearly the plan is n’t quite as gaga as many may have suspected given the new - found commercial involvement . [ Guardian ]
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