Google Invests in Cellular Tech
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Femtocells, an emerging technology for improving cellular coverage in homes and enterprises, have attracted the interest of none other than Google Inc.
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A new interface and expanded file format support are among the new development tools for Google's mobile phone operating system.
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The cellphone world, dominated by giant telecommunications corporations, is colliding head-on with the Internet, where hackers abound and a good idea can grow into a Google -- spawning a full-fledged mobile media industry.
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Perhaps it's not a handset but a slice of the wireless spectrum that Google is eyeing.
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If a technology currently in development pans out, one handset could work on multiple cellular networks.
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Internet search giant Google promises "faster, more relevant results" with its new mobile service.
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The company said that its new product would establish a cellphone advertising network in which Google would match ads with the content of mobile Web pages.
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Google's plans for an inventory-reduction service could be worth billions to global companies.
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Google Inc. last week filed a patent for technology that would allow users to make payments using text messages or SMS.
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Search giant Google has updated a wide range of its web based services, making them easier to use for mobile users. While many enhancements are iPhone specific, they also ready Google's apps for the arrival of Android, Google's own open-source mobile software platform.
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Web search leader Google Inc  is expected to announce advanced software and services enabling handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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(InfoWorld) - Femtocells, an emerging technology for improving cellular coverage in homes and enterprises, have attracted the interest of none other than Google. The search giant participated in a $25 million round of funding for Ubiquisys, a femtocells vendor based in Swindon, U.K. Technology venture funds Accel Partners, Atlas Venture, and Advent Venture Partners also invested, Ubiquisys announced Friday. Femtocells, named for an order of size in physics that is smaller than "pico" or "nano," are cellular base stations for individual homes or offices. Mobile operators hope to sell them to customers who will install them and immediately enjoy better coverage for data and entertainment services. Weak cellular signals indoors, where most high-speed data services are used, have stunted the growth of those lucrative offerings, according to industry analysts. Google invested in Ubiquisys as part of efforts to help people use the Internet wherever they are with the richest possible experience, spokesman David-John Collins said. "It's about promoting different ways and platforms for people to access the Internet itself," Collins said. Also Friday, theÂ company told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)Â it would bid at least $4.6 billion in an upcoming auction of 700MHz wireless spectrum if the FCC imposes certain conditions. They include letting consumers buy any phone, use it on any network, and download any applications, services or content they want. Google also wants the auction winner to have to sell access wholesale to other service providers. Google's investments in unused optical fiber networks and a free Wi-Fi system for its hometown, plus its planned involvement in a San Francisco Wi-Fi network, have led to theories that it plans to compete with incumbent broadband providers. The company has also invested in Wi-Fi sharing technology vendors Fon Technology and Meraki Networks and powerline broadband provider Current Communications Services, Collins said. Privately held Ubiquisys was founded in 2004 and earlier this year introduced the ZoneGate femtocell system. Many established carrier equipment vendors, including Nokia Siemens Networks BV, Motorola, and Alcatel-Lucent, also are developing and testing femtocell technology. Commercial deployment of the devices is expected to start in earnest next year.
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Rumours de jour Google is close to buying phone management company GrandCentral which provides one number for life which can be routed to various actual numbers.â¦
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Continuing their (exponential?) company growth, Google has introduced another service, this time, aimed at the mobile phone generation.
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Several projects dreamed up by the software giant's research department find new uses for mobile phones.
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Google said it invested $3.9 million this month in 23andMe, a biotech company co-founded last year by Sergey Brinâs wife.
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Google is experimenting with a new search service for mobile devices based on text messaging, also known as "short messaging service" (SMS), as the company reaches out to the wireless world.