Agile photo of the Project Loon team from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, launching a high-altitude balloon carrying electronic testing equipment. The balloons are being used to deliver Internet service to remote areas of the world and places hit by disasters. — Bay Area News Group/TNS
SAN FRANCISCO: A unit of Google-parent Alphabet devoted to delivering wireless Internet from high-flying balloons has teamed with US telecom giant AT&T to provide service to places hit by disasters.
Loon on Tuesday announced a partnership to tap into the AT&T infrastructure to keep third-party mobile telecommunications services running in the aftermath of earthquakes, hurricanes or other devastating events.
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