Alphabet's Loon Balloons to Offer Internet Services in Amazon

Alphabet's subsidiary Loon appear its plans to sign a commercial agreement with Internet Para Todos Perú to offering internet connectivity in remote areas of the Amazon rainforest in Peru.

To make this a reality, the company will apply its loftier altitude balloons flying 20 kilometers above the sea level. Basically, these balloons will act as floating jail cell towers that supplies service to 4G/LTE devices under its range.

Service volition be initially provided to a region where about 200,000 people live. Notably, a quarter of them currently lacks access to even 3G connectivity. Fifty-fifty worse, people in less populated areas don't have access to mobile services at all.

Loon previously operated in the country to provide internet connectivity back in 2017 when the El Niño floods hit parts of Northern Peru. Besides, the company provided emergency connectivity services when an earthquake with 8.0 magnitude struck Peru.

If everything goes according to the plan, the project volition be live in 2020. By this deployment, Peru volition become the first land in Latin America to become internet connectivity from Loon on "a sustained, non-emergency basis".

"We're grateful for the opportunity to keep working in Republic of peru on a sustained ground, and we look forward to partnering with IpT and Telefónica del Perú as we continue to piece of work toward our mission of connecting people everywhere.", says Alastair Westgarth, CEO of Loon.

It is worth noting that Peru will be the second country to sign a contract to expand mobile network services post-obit the paths of Kenya. In Kenya, the company is pending regulatory approval to conduct final tests and kickstart the project.

So, what do you lot call up of this concept of deploying floating balloons to replace stationary towers in remote areas? Tell us in the comments.