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Google's Sundar Pichai speaks on stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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BARCELONA — Following nearly a year of rumors, Google confirmed on Monday that it plans to offer talk and data plans to customers.

Sundar Pichai, senior VP at Google, said on stage at Mobile World Congress during a presentation that the company is working on a wireless service on a "small scale."

Pichai said Google will become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), which means it could buy "wholesale access" from Sprint and T-Mobile networks and then sell cellular plans to its own customers.

Google will be treating the experiment as an experience, similar to how it approached the first Nexus phone. After that program succeeded, the company decided to invest more time and resources into growing the brand.

The move would be a departure from Google's core business and signal an even greater emphasis on mobile.

Google is also getting closer to officially launching its solar-powered drone program Project Titan and will send its first fleet into the sky sometime this year.

Pichai outlined how the company aims to bring web connectivity to some of the 4 billion people currently without Internet access. Later this year, it will launch its first fleet of solar-powered drones into the sky as a part of its Project Titan program, he said.

It will also work alongside Project Loon, which involves sending balloons into the sky to serve as floating cell towers to distribute Internet access across a large area.

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kaadhu ..... small cell antey intlo oka chinna box pedthaaru .. it works for IPTV internet and cellular signals .. one in all ... so with in your home u will have seamless signal ... 

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ante like cloud wifi laaga??

 

Apple vaadidi tmobile lo oka option undi kada wifi calling ani ... even if u dont have reception , the phone uses the wifi to make and receive calls just like normal ... mostly similar technology ayyi untadi ..

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kaadhu ..... small cell antey intlo oka chinna box pedthaaru .. it works for IPTV internet and cellular signals .. one in all ... so with in your home u will have seamless signal ... 

 

yeah sounds cool ...

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its not a big deal buddy .. already aa areas lo wired line untadhi net ...like verizon att ala .. valla daggara nundi veellu kontaaru koddiga and dhanni anni illallo set chesthaaru .... just like Face book free wifi ani USA lo undhi ani vinnanu but not sure .... every where facebook everywhere google ala .... but small cell valla ee pedda pedda towers pettalsina avasaram undadu ... so in any ways att and other operators baagu padathaaru adhi for sure endhukantey valla daggara spectrum untadhi kadha .. small cell technology manchi oopu meedha undhi ....

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But y can't he use is google fibre?

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inka janalu privacy dobbindhee.. Ee google odu ee data kaani vadili pettaduu.. Its not a searching company.. Peoples data havking company..

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privacy antey .. neeku antha privacy kaavalantey use cheyyodhu bhayya ... KUNDA LO ANNAM THAGGA KOODADHU KODUKULU GUNDRALLU avvali anindhanta oka maha thalli ala undhi nuvvu cheppedhi ... neeku privacy ledhu anukuntey inkokati use chei thammi simple ..................

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