Alphabet, Indonesian companies to expand Web access via balloons

Alphabet Inc, the new holding company for Google, has teamed up with three Indonesian telecommunications companies to expand Internet access in that country using solar-powered balloons.Alphabet officials, including co-founder Sergey Brin, and representatives from Indonesian companies Telkomsel, XL Axiata Tbk PT and Indosat Tbk PT signed an agreement Wednesday to bring so-called Project Loon to the nation of 250 million people.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/google-internet-loon-idINKCN0SN02J20151029
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/us-google-internet-loon-idUKKCN0SN00J20151029

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