Facebook intends to buy Titan Aerospace to bring the Internet to all corners of the planet

Titan's atmospheric “satellites” look similar to unmanned aircraft or drones, and could be used as Internet access points in areas with little Internet connectivity.

Facebook is reportedly in talks to buy Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones. Titan's atmospheric “satellites” look similar to unmanned aircraft or drones and are still in the development phase.

With these drones, the company led by Mark Zuckerberg could bring the Internet to remote places with difficulties accessing the Internet.

According to the technology blog Techcrunch and the financial news channel CNBC, the operation could be estimated at more than $60 million, but Facebook spokesperson Tucker Bounds did not want to make statements based on “conjectures.”

This purchase would be in line with the project Internet.org, promoted by Zuckerberg and in which Qualcomm, Samsung and Nokia participate, with which they intend to provide Internet access to 5,000 million people (two thirds of the population).

Internet.org could use Titan's atmospheric drones, powered by solar energy and with a range of years, to turn them into wireless access points.

Google pursues a similar objective with its Look project, which would try to offer Internet from giant helium balloons.