Google Internet Balloon

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  Alphabet Shutting Down Loon, Its Balloon-Based Internet Alternative to Cell Towers

  Alphabet is shutting down its Internet balloon business, Loon, that aimed to provide a less expensive alternative to cell towers, saying that "the road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped."

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  Alphabet's Loon Commercially Launches Balloon-Based Internet Service, Starts With Kenya

  Google’s parent company Alphabet has launched its first large-scale balloon-based Internet service through its subsidiary, Loon. This is the first ever implementation of this project that has been in the works for a long time. The first country to get this service is Kenya and Alphabet has worked with Telkom Kenya to make this possible.

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  Google Internet Balloon Spinoff Loon Still Looking for Its Wings

  Google's bet on balloons to deliver cell service soon faces a crucial test amid doubts about the viability of the technology by some potential customers.

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  Alphabet's Loon Providing Internet Access to Peru's Earthquake Victims

  Loon - an Internet-providing balloon service owned by Alphabet, Google's parent company - is providing Peru's people with wireless broadband communication.

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  Alphabet to Deploy Balloon Internet in Kenya With Telkom in 2019

  Telkom Kenya is the third biggest operator in the country behind market leader Safaricom and Bharti Airtel's Kenyan unit.

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  Google Parent 'Graduates' Moonshot Projects Loon, Wing

  The announcement means that balloon project Loon and drone project Wing will be independent companies within Alphabet.

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  Google's High Altitude Internet Balloon Crashes in Kenya

  The balloon, a part of a 10-balloon batch, was deployed for testing in Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, and Marsabit in July 2017.

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  Google Parent Says Its Project Loon Balloons Are Now Delivering 4G LTE to Puerto Rico

  Several more balloons are on their way from Nevada, and Alphabet has been authorized by the US FCC to send up to 30 balloons to serve the hard-hit area.

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  Google Parent's Project Loon Internet-Beaming Balloons a Step Closer to Deployment

  Alphabet expects Project Loon to be partnering in coming months with telecom companies to provide Internet to "real users".

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  Google's Internet-Beaming Project Loon Balloons Hit Legal Snag in Sri Lanka

  Just a year after testing began in Sri Lanka regulators have been unable to allocate Google a radio frequency for the airborne venture without breaching international regulations.

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  Google Asks for Airspace Access for Project Loon Internet Balloons

  Google went before the UN's aviation agency to ask member states to let it ply their airspace.

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  Google's Project Loon Internet Balloon 'Crashes' in Sri Lanka Test Flight

  Local police said villagers found the deflated balloon with its electronic equipment in the island's central tea-growing region of Gampola.

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  Google's Internet Balloon 'Crashes' In Sri Lanka Test Flight

  A Google balloon, part of the company's high-speed Internet service known as "Project Loon", crashed in a Sri Lankan tea plantation during its maiden test flight, local police said today.

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  Google Balloon To Provide Fast Internet In Remote Areas

  Google's ambitious project to deliver internet to remote parts of the world using high-flying balloons has survived a brutal development phase and will enter the testing mode later this year, media reported on Tuesday.

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  Google 'Project Loon' Balloon Enters Sri Lanka for Internet Tests

  One of three balloons that will be used in the trials entered Sri Lankan airspace Monday.