Union Government has given nod to Google’s Loon project in the country which was proposed by Google’s newly-appointed chief Sundar Pichai, while on his first visit to India.
Under the project Loon, Google has proposed to provide internet connectivity in hard to access areas of the country from balloons floating at a height of 20 km using LTE or 4Gtechnology.
- Although there are some technical and security concerns over the project, Union minister for telecom and IT Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the telecom ministry would help Google in obtaining clearances from civil aviation and the defence ministries for approvals. He also said he had also proposed a partnership with state run BSNL for Project Loon.
- Google had earlier announced a project to connect 400 Railway stations in the country through Wi-Fi along with Indian Railways technology arm RailTel which is on track and the first 100 stations will be connected by the end of 2016.
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