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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monson" data-source="post: 18730042" data-attributes="member: 30005">Sri Lanka inks deal for Google Loon broadband floating 'telecom towers'Sri Lanka has signed a deal to deploy Google Loon high altitude 'floating telecom tower' balloons full broadband internet coverage to the entire country, officials said."Hopefully in a few months every person and every device on the island will be covered by 3G (third generation," Deputy Economic Policy Minister Harsha de Silva said in his twitter feed.Sri Lanka's Telecom Minister Mangala Samaraweera said the Google Loon balloons will cover every village from Dondra to Point Pedro, in reference to the northernmost and Southernmost points in the island."…Sri Lanka is on its way to becoming the very first country in the world to have network connectivity cover the entire country," he said."Allow me to conclude by saying that I am proud to declare that we are at the cusp of a reclaiming our heritage of being connected to each other and connected to the world. In a few months we will truly be able to say: Sri Lanka. Covered."The deal was signed in Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremsinghe's office in Colombo with Google Loon Team Leader <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Mike+Cassidy" target="_blank">Mike Cassidy</a> visiting Sri Lanka.<img src="http://offair.nethfm.com/nethoffairadmin/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11140282_674491399347508_5178446314104220048_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The Google Loon balloons have LTE standard transceivers which can connect to cell phone networks filling gaps in their networks."Service providers will enter in to agreements with "floating cell towers" that will be shared bringing down transmission costs leading to further reductions in cost of service provision," de Silva said."This should give more space for them to improve technology, content and service."All in all I feel today's agreement will certainly provide a huge boost to our game plan to create a knowledge based highly competitive social market economy that will help every household achieve their own dreams. - <a href="http://www.economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_inks_deal_for_Google_Loon_broadband_floating_towers-3-2492.html" target="_blank">http://www.economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_inks_deal_for_Google_Loon_broadband_floating_towers-3-2492.html</a></blockquote>

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