Google Vice President Vinton Cerf, speaking at a conference in Bangalore (India), said that the future of the Internet depends on mobile phone users, not computers. According to him, despite the fact that the number of Internet users has grown to 1.1 billion worldwide, this is only one sixth of the population of our planet.
The remaining 5.5 billion people who are unable to work on the Internet may hope that they will be helped by mobile access, which, by the way, is actively gaining strength in developed countries as well, according to statistics, about half of users have gone online at least once via cell phone.
It is possible that Google, through such statements, is seeking to expand its sphere of influence. Meanwhile, cellular operators are unhappy with the company's actions - they say, Google applications consume too much valuable traffic, writes
Ars Technica .