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Facebook and its partners at Internet.org, which include Samsung and Nokia, among others, aren't the only ones looking to wire the remaining two-thirds of the planet. Google has Project Loon, which uses balloons instead of drones. Loon made its debut in New Zealand in the summer of 2013 and has also been spotted in California.

Teresa Mastrangelo, principal analyst at Broadbandtrends, said that more traditional companies are also looking for ways to get involved. \"I'm sure Bell Labs has stuff going on behind closed doors,\" she told ABC News. \"But the biggest difference is that companies [like Google and Facebook] are a more public display.\"

Neither Facebook nor Titan responded to ABC News' request for comment.

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