Blockchain-powered telecom company World Mobile announced Friday that it has partnered with Indonesia’s largest digital infrastructure provider, Protelindo, to launch a new stratospheric telecommunications platform aimed at expanding global connectivity.
The initiative, called World Mobile Stratospheric, utilizes high-altitude, hydrogen-powered aircraft to provide direct-to-handset connections via blockchain-based infrastructure.
The fixed-wing aircraft, developed in collaboration with a global aerospace leader, is designed to fly at altitudes of up to 20,000 meters.
Field tests in the UK with BT, in Europe with Deutsche Telekom, and across the Middle East have demonstrated the aircraft’s ability to support up to …