Project Loon

Alphabet Inc's internet providing Project Loon to get a $125 million boost from Softbank

Loon, spun out from Alphabet’s business incubator in July, carries the gear with a long balloon, while HAPSMobile uses a drone.

Google's Loon balloons to deliver internet access to tough terrains in Kenya

The balloons will be tested in central Kenya, which is difficult to service due to difficult terrain.

A Google Project Loon internet balloon crashes in Kenya

Google announced that it was "years closer" to deliver internet to remote parts of the world using high-flying balloons.

Alphabet’s X division to sell Andhra Pradesh govt technology for providing high-speed wireless internet

The agreement is an outgrowth of X’s Project Loon, which on several occasions has beamed cellphone service to Earth from a network of large balloons.

Project Loon has delivered internet services to 100,000 people in Hurricane Maria-hit Puerto Rico

he Project Loon is providing internet services to these people who have web access AT&T communications and have 4G LTE-enabled handset.

Google to provide emergency cellular service using Project Loon balloons in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has struggled to regain communications services. The FCC said on Friday that 83 percent of cell sites remain out of service, while wireless communications company are deploying temporary sites.

Alphabet Inc loses crucial patent for Project Loon, endangering the future of the initiative

Google's parent company Alphabet Inc has reportedly lost a crucial patent to its Project Loon to Space Data

Google's plan to stream internet from balloons now seems 100x more likely thanks to AI breakthrough

Google’s Project Loon may sound loony on paper, but it’s seeming less and less loony as time goes by.

Google approaches UN agency to request access to airspace of member states, to try out Project Loon

Google, which is hoping to beam the internet to remote areas of the world via balloon, went before the UN's aviation agency to ask member states to let it ply their airspace.

Facebook's solar-powered Internet drone Aquila takes flight

Facebook has said it had completed a successful test flight of a solar-powered drone that it hopes will help it extend internet connectivity to every corner of the planet.