Sri Lanka is not the first country to carry out the Loon testing. Tests have been previously carried out in New Zealand, Brazil and California. Indonesia will soon join the list of nations to carry out the tests. India, too, has expressed interest in carrying out tests in their territory, to asses the possibility of launching the service. According to sources from the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), a total of three balloons were supposed to be used in the preliminary testing. One of the balloons launched from South America was the first to enter our airspace. Representatives from Google have also visited Sri Lanka to start testing on technical aspects, such as flight controls and spectrum efficiency.