Loon balloon provided test service for three months, then tested the limits of flight duration
Loon balloon HBAL703 accomplished something that none of its silvery, high-flying compatriots have: 312 days soaring in Earth's stratosphere.
HBAL703 launched from Puerto Rico in May of 2019, navigated to Peru,...
A video call connected from the stratosphere topped off a recent test of an autonomous, fixed-wing aircraft, as Loon and HAPSMobile successfully put a telecommunications payload into the upper reaches of the atmosphere and used it to deliver LTE connectivity.
Video from the test shows...
The internet balloons will provide a 4G service that supports Data, Voice, SMS and USSD
As part of a new Loon and Vodacom deal, the companies will use Loon’s balloon-based internet solution to expand the Vodacom network in Mozambique so that it can service un-served...
Loon has secured fly over approval for its high-altitude internet balloons in more than 50 countries and regions
AT&T has partnered up with Alphabet’s Loon division, whose aim is to provide internet connection using high-altitude internet balloons, or more technically, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The...
HAPS Alliance includes Ericsson, Nokia, SoftBank, DT, Telefonica, China Telecom, Bharti Airtel and Loon, among others
A coalition of companies are aiming for the stratosphere as a "multi-billion dollar market opportunity" in telecommunications, planetary observation and weather prediction and modeling—including five traditionally terrestrial cellular network...
System relies on millimeter-wave-based backhaul to communicate with the ground and other UAS
Japanese tech giant Softbank and Alphabet's Loon have taken another step in establishing communications links based on unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flying in the earth's stratosphere.
The two companies said recently that they...
80% of Peruvian localities, most of which were rural, lacked internet coverage in 2016
Last week, an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Loon, which uses stratospheric, autonomous balloons to deliver mobile internet to remote regions, has signed a commercial deal to provide service to parts of the Amazon rainforest...
Cellular-satellite start-up UbiquitiLink, which aims to connect regular cellular phones via a netowrk of low-earth-orbit nanosatellites, raised a second round of seed funding this week, snagging $5.2 million and bringing its total raised to $12 million. UbiquitiLink said that the money will speed up...
Alphabet's Loon, which focuses on bringing balloon-based connectivity to remote areas, is adding former telecom executives from some of the largest mobile operators to a new advisory board focused on commercialization and network operator partnerships.
The three founding members of Loon's new advisory board include...
Yesterday's Google IO keynote gives us plenty to talk about, with updates on Project Loon, Android Wear, and the introduction of cloud testing, an IoT solution for developers, Android M, Google Photos and more.
Android M is particularly notable for the introduction of system-level support...
