July 29, 2015 11:41 pm | Updated 11:41 pm IST - COLOMBO:
The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday signed an agreement with Google to cover the entire country with affordable high-speed Internet. The coverage of the country would be accomplished, using Google Loon’s balloon technology. According to Foreign, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Sri Lanka will hopefully become the very first country in the world to have network connectivity cover the entire country.
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