Alphabet’s X division is setting up cable-less internet in rural India
Dec15
X, the research division of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, announced today that it’s teaming up with a telecom company in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to create a high-speed internet network for homes in rural areas – without cables. To achieve this, the team from X is using what it calls Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC), a technology that was borne out of Project Loon – an initiative to deliver internet to far-flung areas using floating balloons: FSOC links use beams of light to deliver high-speed, high-capacity connectivity over long distances — just like fiber optic cable, but without the…
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