November 16, 2007 |
Google testing private mobile network with Android
By Danny Mendez
Google is showing signs of major dedication to releasing an "open" mobile network next year and is testing a private mobile network with phones running the Android mobile OS.
If any of you had doubts in Google’s commitment to releasing an open mobile network next year, prepare to have your doubts hushed. Today, the WSJ posted a very lengthy piece discussing Google’s latest efforts in preparing for its entrance into the mobile arena, and here’s the quick and easy, bullet-point version.
- Google is prepared to bid over $4.6 billion in the upcoming auction on the 700 megahertz wireless spectrum. This spectrum, which covers the entire US, is considered a gold-mine.
- Google will not bid with partners in order to prevent its product from being hindered by business politics.
- A Google spokesman said, "Our goal is to make sure that American consumers have more choices in an open and competitive wireless world."
- "[Google] has said it wants to make mobile networks more open, so that consumers can use any Internet service and application and move their handsets between carriers without onerous restrictions."
- Google is considering a one-time licensing fee for access to its network as opposed to the monthly fee model used with traditional mobile operators, and further revenue would come from advertising.
- Google is testing a fully functioning, high-speed wireless network at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA under a license from the FCC.
- Google plans to deploy its Android mobile OS on to third party phones whether or not it deploys its own wireless network. Check out a short video demo of Android here.
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December 31st, 2007
Google is the best and it is very consumer friendly if you want to find out more go to http://www.googleandroidnetwork.com
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