Wireless For Remote Areas Using Balloons As Cell Phone Towers
Saw this report in the US media about an interesting new approach for providing Internet access to remote areas which lack infrastructure. The idea is to send balloons which soar 20 miles into the stratosphere, each carrying a shoebox-size payload of electronics that acts like a mini cellphone “tower” covering thousands of square miles below. WSJ reports that Google is partnering with Space Data, the company behind the balloon idea, and may even buy it.
Watch the video - by the way hinterland is the part of a country where only few people live and where the infrastructure is underdeveloped. In the context of third world countries entire provinces are hinterlands!
Additional excerpts from WSJ article.
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