The rumors for months. Google will see more and more into the skin of a telecom operator. Recall that for several years, the giant has launched the deployment of a fiber optic network in the United States. This investment, however, is very localized since it covers only a few cities. Kansas City Austin
So what, in principle, make it a real source of income for
Google. To
earn money, Google would consider to couple the fiber offers
mobile offering to provide a triple play package.
would conclude an agreement MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)
allowing the group to use the network of an operator against
remuneration.
The opportunity for Google slashed the price in a
market where Internet access and mobile subscriptions are among the
most expensive in the world. And this perspective seems to be confirmed
Sundar Pichai, vice president of Google, coming to Barcelona for MWC confirms the ambitions of the giant and the reconciliations to AT &. T and Verizon, the two main operators network countries.
The idea would still not focus on price but uses such as facilitating switching between cellular networks and Wi-Fi, and even resume Conversation turned off on one of these networks.
Obviously, the details of this new offensive are rare, and the next conference I / O in May is an opportunity to learn more. And even if this draft MVNO may be limited, as the fiber to a few cities, it will allow Google to control the entire value chain: from the terminal to the network through services and applications …
“We do not intend to be a large-scale network operator, but we are working with operators to offer a set of innovations that seem important, but we will do a small scale as for the Nexus devices, “said Sundar Pichai.
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