Google creates its own cellular network
The application filed with the Federal Communications Commission shows that Google wants to open its own small cellular network on its campus in Mountain View. And this is another indicator of how Google is not satisfied with the way mobile operators control the mobile Internet.
Google explained to the FCC that the company wants to install up to 50 base stations in buildings on the west of the Mountain View campus, about a block from the building where all work is underway on Android. Up to 200 devices will be used in the experimental mobile network, the coverage of base stations in buildings will not exceed 200 meters, and external - 1 km. The WSJ reports that the frequencies used are owned by ClearWire and are not compatible with devices sold in the United States. Only with those used in China, Brazil, India and other countries.
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It is possible that Google is just experimenting with devices designed for these countries. Or, perhaps, trying to enter a completely new market. The search and advertising giant is rumored to be exploring the idea of providing wireless Internet access service together with TV-provider Dish - if you consider that the company recently launched a high-speed access network in Kansas City and has a rich history of confronting cellular providers in the fight for freedom mobile devices and their users.
Google is lobbying in the US government to open unused TV frequencies, as it did in 2009, so that part of the spectrum could be used by any company or device, and not licensed to one company (see Super Wi-Fi ). In 2008, the company filed a patent application for a system that would allow a mobile device to automatically connect to the cheapest cellular network available, rather than using a single provider all the time.
But it can be said that Google suffered the most sore blow to cellular providers in 2010. The company abandoned the then-prevailing agreement on linking operators to operator contracts and offered its Nexus One smartphone unattached to any operator for sale on its own website. The experiment lasted about six months, after which Google ran into a stream of complaints from users and realized that consumers in the US are apparently more happy to pay for the device significantly more in two years than less, but in advance.
Google has since been trying to play smarter with cellular networks. However, the relationship is still tense, Google’s contactless payment system is blocked by Verizon, and Android’s tethering function is also closed to many operators. It is too early to think that Google’s private cellular network in Mountain View will add fuel to this damped fire, but what the hell is not joking - what if?
Google explained to the FCC that the company wants to install up to 50 base stations in buildings on the west of the Mountain View campus, about a block from the building where all work is underway on Android. Up to 200 devices will be used in the experimental mobile network, the coverage of base stations in buildings will not exceed 200 meters, and external - 1 km. The WSJ reports that the frequencies used are owned by ClearWire and are not compatible with devices sold in the United States. Only with those used in China, Brazil, India and other countries.
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It is possible that Google is just experimenting with devices designed for these countries. Or, perhaps, trying to enter a completely new market. The search and advertising giant is rumored to be exploring the idea of providing wireless Internet access service together with TV-provider Dish - if you consider that the company recently launched a high-speed access network in Kansas City and has a rich history of confronting cellular providers in the fight for freedom mobile devices and their users.
Google is lobbying in the US government to open unused TV frequencies, as it did in 2009, so that part of the spectrum could be used by any company or device, and not licensed to one company (see Super Wi-Fi ). In 2008, the company filed a patent application for a system that would allow a mobile device to automatically connect to the cheapest cellular network available, rather than using a single provider all the time.
But it can be said that Google suffered the most sore blow to cellular providers in 2010. The company abandoned the then-prevailing agreement on linking operators to operator contracts and offered its Nexus One smartphone unattached to any operator for sale on its own website. The experiment lasted about six months, after which Google ran into a stream of complaints from users and realized that consumers in the US are apparently more happy to pay for the device significantly more in two years than less, but in advance.
Google has since been trying to play smarter with cellular networks. However, the relationship is still tense, Google’s contactless payment system is blocked by Verizon, and Android’s tethering function is also closed to many operators. It is too early to think that Google’s private cellular network in Mountain View will add fuel to this damped fire, but what the hell is not joking - what if?
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/167235/
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