Visitors stand next to a high altitude WiFi internet hub, a Google Project Loon balloon, on display at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch on June 16, 2013. Google revealed top-secret plans on June 15 to send balloons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet to the two-thirds of the global population currently without web access. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO / MARTY MELVILLE
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government announced it would take a 25% stake in a joint venture with Google designed to deliver a high-speed Internet service powered by balloons and that tests would begin this month.
Telecommunications Minister Harin Fernando said Google has taken delivery in Sri Lanka of the giant helium-filled balloons and other equipment needed to carry out tests across the island.
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