Direct access to mobile phones has been a key issue for Google’s Project Loon, as that vastly improves the utility of the access service, compared to use of fixed satellite receivers. At the moment, Project Loon seems to have settled on use of mobile spectrum, probably Long Term Evolution, to deliver signal direct to phones from the balloon fleets.
That of course requires permission from at least one mobile operator in each area to use the spectrum on a shared basis.
The Indian state of Goa is said to want to use Project Loon for Internet connectivity, using direct-to-phone access. Project Loon reportedly is in talks with BSNL, the state-owned mobile operator, to do so. Google apparently has been seeking partnerships with a number of Indian mobile service providers.
BSNL apparently has enough capacity to support speeds up to 100 Mbps. Project Loon apparently has been able to achieve speeds of about 15 Mbps using the satellite-to-phone access.
Sri Lanka and Indonesia are other countries where Project Loon is set for tests or deployment.
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