Alphabet tries internet lasers instead of balloons for India

Less than 20 percent of Andhra Pradesh’s 53 million populace has access to internet, with the state government pledging to connect 12 million households by 2019 as part of its AP Fiber Grid program. The high-bandwidth FSOC links will form the “backbone of [that] network,” said Erkman. For Alphabet, it’s all about grabbing more first-time internet users on low-cost smartphones as it looks to tap