Google has confirmed for the first time that it plans to offer connectivity directly to mobile users in the U.S., but a senior executive downplayed the competition it would be to major U.S. cellular carriers.
Several reports have said the company is preparing a service that would be offered across an existing cellular network under a Google brand—a so-called “mobile virtual network operator” or MVNO. But the reports hadn’t been confirmed until Sundar Pichai, the company’s senior vice president, spoke at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.
“You’ll see us announce it in the coming months,” said Pichai.
Pichai said it won’t be a full-service mobile network in competition with existing carriers.
相反，他说，这将使谷歌的平台，通过它可与Android智能手机新服务的尝试。
He likened it to the work Google does today in hardware, where it works with existing partners on its Nexus line of devices. The phones give Google experience in hardware and a platform to try out various services, but are not meant to be a major challenge to companies like Samsung and HTC.
“我们一直试图推动一个什么样的硬件和软件的下一个边界，而我们做到这一点与今天的Nexus设备，”他说。“我们希望能够沿着这些线路的实验。”
皮采说，他希望手机运营商将拿起一些想法和创新尝试，他们应该证明成功的用户。
他没有提供关于这些可以是任何细节。
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