A Google balloon floating over New Zealand as part of Project Loon.
Photograph: JOHN SHENK / HANDOUT/EPA
The US Federal Communications Commission has approved Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc’s application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons.
The Guardian: Puerto Rico cell phone service to be restored by Google balloons
As with Elon Musk and his high-tech power generation, Google brings the same kind of highly-innovative technology for immediate support of Puerto Rico. (Ithaka: Elon Musk Can Solve the Electricity Problems in Puerto Rico)
Alphabet, which announced its Project Loon in 2013 to use solar-powered, high-altitude balloons to provide internet service in remote regions, said in an FCC filing it was working to “support licensed mobile carriers’ restoration of limited communications capability” in Puerto Rico.
Earlier on Friday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced he was forming a Hurricane Recovery Task Force with an emphasis on addressing challenges facing Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
“It is critical that we adopt a coordinated and comprehensive approach to support the rebuilding of communications infrastructure and restoration of communications services,” Pai said in statement.
- Guardian
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