Facebook's Internet drone plan gets boost

San Francisco

FACEBOOK co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday proclaimed the successful test of a solar-powered drone built to deliver wireless Internet service to remote areas.

The test flight of a drone prototype dubbed "Aquila" took place in Britain and was considered a milestone in an internet.org project to bring online access to billions more people around the planet.

"Aircraft like these will help connect the whole world because they can affordably serve the 10 per cent of the world's population tha…