Google bigger plan for Mobile Phones

Google seems to "wanna be" another Cellular Provider? Why is Google trying to buy RF spectrum? What is behind all the following signals?

• Developed Android software for mobile phones.

• Made Google applications -- including email, chat and mapping -- available on cellphones.

• Sells advertisements for certain Web sites accessed by cellphone.

• Enables users to do Web and business searches with cellphone browsers, by text message or with a call.

• Is testing an advanced wireless network at Google headquarters.

• Operates a free Wi-Fi network in Mountain View, Calif.

• Expected to bid for wireless spectrum in a January FCC auction.

Google Maps running on Android

Will all these lead to a future national cellular/wireless provider?

A final answer for all these questions remains to be seen, but a glimpse to what is going on has been provided by The Wall Street Journal Online in this article.

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