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The Indian government has asked Google to tie the knot with a local carrier, so it can begin trialling Project Loon in the country. The Chocolate Factory's heavenly broadband project attracted the attention of India's DEITY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology) in November 2015, but access to spectrum has been …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Hands off our Stratosphere!

    I just *ahem* googled Project Loon, and got this in depth Atlantic article on the legal/political ramifications of the whole strato-drone thing. Fascinating...

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  2. Someone_Somewhere

    Project Loon

    seems appropriate - given that they're talking to a deity.

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  3. Mage Silver badge
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    Spectrum

    The ONLY way to do Loon, if it works at all, is Google applying for and using exclusive channels of licences spectrum. Anything else causes interference and is parasitical and irresponsible.

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