Google's SkyBender to beam 5G internet from solar-powered drones. 5 quick facts

Internet giant Google is working at a spaceport in New Mexico to build and test solar-powered internet drones.

According to The Guardian, project is codenamed as SkyBender.

Here are five quick facts about the project you must know:

1) Project SkyBender is using drones to experiment with millimetre-wave radio transmissions, and this technologies could underpin next generation 5G wireless internet access.

2) Google has installed a special flight control center, and is renting 15,000 square feet of space in a hangar that was built for Virgin Galactic, The Guardian reports.

3) The SkyBender is technically part of Google's air balloon Wi-Fi project aimed at a similar goal of bringing remote parts of the world online.

4) The lynchpin of Project SkyBender appears to be cutting-edge millimeter wave technology, which can transmit gigabits of data every second at speeds up to 40 times faster than modern 4G LTE, reports The Verge.

5) The move is an attempt by the Google to compete with other social networking giants like Facebook to bring internet access to developing countries.