Alphabet’s X will use light beams to bring the internet to millions of rural Indian households
The “moonshot factory” of Alphabet, the tech giant that owns Google, is bringing a wireless internet technology it tested in the stratosphere to connect rural areas in India’s Andhra Pradesh state. X, as the company is known, is using Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) to connect far-flung regions of the state. It involves using beams…