Google Project Loon in Sri Lanka

Google and Sri Lanka's ICTA (Information Communication and Technology Agency) have signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to deploy Google Project Loon in Sri Lanka. Google will partner with local Telecom operators in Sri Lanka to provide a nationwide LTE network. Project Loon will deploy 13 balloons 20km above earth to beam signal.The balloons are expected to last up to 100 days and will need to be replaced periodically. After trials in New Zealand and Brazil, Google expects the first commercial launch to be in Sri Lanka.

High Usage Internet Data Packages from Sri Lanka Telecom

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has launched high usage Terabyte data packages titled Web Inspire and Web Primer recently. These packages offer 675 and 1225 GBytes of data respectively.