COLOMBO: Google’s balloon-powered high-speed Internet service known as “Project Loon” began its first tests in Sri Lanka Monday (Tuesday in Manila) ahead of a planned joint venture with Colombo, the country’s top IT official said.

One of three balloons that will be used in the trials entered Sri Lankan airspace, the Information and Communication Technology Agency chief Muhunthan Canagey said.

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