Google's Project Loon coming to India soon
Technology giant Google Wednesday said it hopes to soon start tests for its Project Loon in India, which aims to bring affordable Internet access, even as the government holds the view that the project would come in the way of mobile transmission.
"Project Loon will launch balloons in the sky to help reach out to rural areas," Google CEO Sundar Pichai said at the Google for India event in New Delhi.
He added that the company will work with carriers and is hopeful that Project Loon can work as a "backbone" to offer Internet connectivity in areas without coverage.
Besides, the technology giant will also power 100 railway stations in India with Wi-Fi connectivity by December next year. The first station that will go live next month will be Mumbai Central.
Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "In-principle, we are agreeable to the pilot project. Certain issues of security and harmony with the Department of Civil Aviation need to be sorted out. We will finalise that also."
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