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Alphabet has used machine learning to improve Project Loon

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 17 February 2017

The team behind Project Loon have developed a smarter way to beam down bandwidth to areas in need of it. FULL STORY >

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Project Loon aims to launch 300-plus balloons in 2016 across the Southern Hemisphere

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 29 October 2015

Funded and coordinated by Google and Alphabet, Project Loon's balloons reach the upper stratosphere to provide broadband coverage. In 2016, the company aims to launch 300-plus of them. FULL STORY >

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Google announces Project Loon balloon internet

By Ryan Noik 18 June 2013

Google is about to release its Project Loon into the world, in a bid to see whether balloons can play a role in bringing internet access to remote and rural areas. FULL STORY >

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