WSJ: Google Mobile - Nexus 6 Smartphones Only
Earlier this week, Google has officially confirmed plans to launch a virtual mobile operator (MVNO) based on the cellular infrastructure of existing companies.
Vice President Sundar Pichai at the World Mobile Congress assured everyone that Google does not intend to compete with giants like AT & T or Verizon. Rather, for a search company, this is something like an experimental testing ground where she wants to try out various new technologies for the Android operating system.
Nevertheless, Google’s plans for a “small experiment” called Google Fiber, which is now planned to be expanded to dozens of US cities, and then, who knows, abroad, are still fresh in mind. Even on such a scale, Google Fiber has already made irreversible changes in the broadband access market in the US, setting a new quality standard for other providers.
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It is possible that something similar will happen with a cellular connection, where some operators, to put it mildly, zazhralis.
Some operators still keep the cost of SMS traffic higher than the cost of transmitting messages from space . The same chaos is going on with roaming prices, when users are billed for tens of thousands of dollars ( one poor fellow downloaded a couple of episodes of the series in roaming).
In a sense, the Google experiment with registering a mobile operator is reminiscent of the Nexus smartphones release project. They should not bring companies greater profits, but are designed to strengthen the position of Google as a technology leader and make an exemplary demonstration of how Android should work.
The WSJ was able to figure out some details about Google’s plans to launch a cellular connection.
First, Google can complete the planned MVNO registration by the end of this month, and the service will be put into operation quite quickly, they say, “informed sources”.
Secondly, it will be available only for Nexus 6 smartphones.
The new Google service supposedly allows Nexus 6 smartphones to automatically switch between GSM cells and available WiFi points in order to minimize the cost of calls and traffic. Similar experiments have already been conducted by Motorola. And by the way, in the latest version of Android, you can set the preferred communication channel for each application.
If such an experiment is really carried out and proves success even on a small scale, subscribers of other operators may require a similar service. As the example of Google Fiber shows, operators will have to move.
Vice President Sundar Pichai at the World Mobile Congress assured everyone that Google does not intend to compete with giants like AT & T or Verizon. Rather, for a search company, this is something like an experimental testing ground where she wants to try out various new technologies for the Android operating system.
Nevertheless, Google’s plans for a “small experiment” called Google Fiber, which is now planned to be expanded to dozens of US cities, and then, who knows, abroad, are still fresh in mind. Even on such a scale, Google Fiber has already made irreversible changes in the broadband access market in the US, setting a new quality standard for other providers.
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It is possible that something similar will happen with a cellular connection, where some operators, to put it mildly, zazhralis.
Some operators still keep the cost of SMS traffic higher than the cost of transmitting messages from space . The same chaos is going on with roaming prices, when users are billed for tens of thousands of dollars ( one poor fellow downloaded a couple of episodes of the series in roaming).
In a sense, the Google experiment with registering a mobile operator is reminiscent of the Nexus smartphones release project. They should not bring companies greater profits, but are designed to strengthen the position of Google as a technology leader and make an exemplary demonstration of how Android should work.
The WSJ was able to figure out some details about Google’s plans to launch a cellular connection.
First, Google can complete the planned MVNO registration by the end of this month, and the service will be put into operation quite quickly, they say, “informed sources”.
Secondly, it will be available only for Nexus 6 smartphones.
The new Google service supposedly allows Nexus 6 smartphones to automatically switch between GSM cells and available WiFi points in order to minimize the cost of calls and traffic. Similar experiments have already been conducted by Motorola. And by the way, in the latest version of Android, you can set the preferred communication channel for each application.
If such an experiment is really carried out and proves success even on a small scale, subscribers of other operators may require a similar service. As the example of Google Fiber shows, operators will have to move.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/377205/
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