As if autonomous cars and space mapping weren’t enough, Google is now planning to sell wireless phone services directly to consumers, according to reports from Fox News. Using Sprint and T-Mobile’s networks in the US, Google might offer discounted wireless data plans with this new venture, a move that will definitely pressure other major carriers to offer better deals and services or else risk losing customers to a huge new rival.
Make no mistake, however, it is all in the interests of getting more people online, something that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also has a huge interest in. Google is still the world’s largest advertiser thanks to its dominant position in the search engine space, and it wants a bigger audience for its ads.
Google already sells ultra-fast wired internet and cable TV in the form of Google Fiber, bit the service so far has been restricted to a few areas in Austin, Kansas.