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October 7, 2017 01:26 am GMT

Google got permission to float its internet-beaming balloons over Puerto Rico

The FCC has given Google permission to deploy its Project Loon balloons over Puerto Rico. 

Previously, the helium balloons were able to provide LTE coverage to Peru after extreme flooding. But in that case, Google had already partnered with a telecom provider on the ground, which it depended on to beam the signal to the balloons, for disaster relief.

In Puerto Rico, Google's innovation lab, X, is starting from scratch. It's unclear if Puerto Rico's stressed telecom companies even have the resources to partner with Google on this endeavor.

SEE ALSO: Google X's balloon internet suddenly looks a lot more plausible Read more...

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