Google has lifted the lid on its solution to global web access, a new 5G frequency that can deliver internet connectivity from an inflight drone.
Project Skybender is currently housed at the Gateway to Space terminal in New Mexico which was initially conceived for Virgin Galactic’s space ventures.
As part of the new tests, Google is looking to perfect high frequency millimetre waves which can, under optimal conditions, deliver gigabits of data each second – a mammoth forty times more than what is capable with 4G LTE.
Jacques Rudell, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Washington in Seattle told the Guardian: Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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