It will be the first country in the world to have universal Internet coverage.
Google has teamed up with the Sri Lankan government to deliver broadband Internet to every region of the island nation, making it the first country in the world to have universal Internet coverage. The initiative is part of Google’s Project Loon, which aims to provide cheap or free Wi-Fi to people in remote rural areas around the world via a fleet of huge helium-filled balloons floating way up in the stratosphere.
“Google (GOOG) sending balloons with radio antennas into the stratosphere as part of a project called “Loon.” Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) is bringing its inexpensive lightRadio technology to small villages without cell towers.” (CNN Money) Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to connect African villages seems impractical (cost, power, illiteracy) however noble his vision: “Connectivity is a human right.’