The news was first reported by tech-news publication
The Information and corroborated by an article in the
Wall Street Journal.
New York: Google is getting ready to sell wireless telephone
services directly to US consumers after reaching deals with
carriers T-Mobile and Sprint, US media reported Wednesday.
The move is likely to have big impacts on the US wireless
industry, potentially resulting in price cuts and improved
speeds.
The news was first reported by tech-news publication The
Information and corroborated by an article in the Wall Street
Journal.
Google officials have been working on the wireless project
for more than a year, the Journal reported, citing an
unnamed person familiar with the matter.
Google is already in a powerful position in the wireless world,
with its Android operating system running on more than 80
percent of the world’s mobile phones.
According to the Journal, Google will resell wireless service
on the Sprint and T-Mobile networks under separate
agreements with each provider.
The Journal said Google might start with limited service in
select US cities or to users of its Google Fiber broadband
Internet service.
US cellphone service is currently dominated by Verizon,
AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.
Faced with dwindling margins, Sprint recently cut 2,000 jobs
after reporting a $765 million loss in its fiscal second quarter.
Stock prices for Sprint and T-Mobile were up 5.53 per cent
and 1.83 per cent respectively following news of the deals.
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