谷歌即將推出其專屬的無線服務
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據美國科技媒體網站The Verge4月21日報道，《華爾街日報》(The Wall Street Journal)披露，谷歌即將推出其專屬的無線服務，並將於4月22日正式公開。正如之前流出的消息所言，該服務運行於Sprint公司和T-Mobile公司的網絡，而且前期只能兼容谷歌Nexus6(上圖)。預計該手機能夠根據兩個網絡信號的強弱進行切換。《華爾街日報》還表示，客戶將只需支付他們使用的手機流量費用，而不是每月購買固定的手機流量，還會失去未使用的手機流量。
Like Google Fiber, Mountain View's foray into high-speed broadband, the wireless service won't be a mainstream offering — at least at first. "We don't intend to be a carrier at scale," Google senior VP Sundar Pichai said at Mobile World Congress last month. "I think we're at the stage where we need to think of hardware, software, and connectivity together. We want to break down the barriers on how connectivity works."
Sprint擔憂搭載谷歌的訪問量過大，與Google光纖(Google Fiber)及芒廷維尤(Mountain View)的高速寬帶相同，谷歌無線服務將不會是一個主流的產品，至少在前期會這樣。“我們不打算做成運營商的規模。”在三月的移動通信世界大會(Mobile World Congress)上，谷歌高級副總裁桑達爾·皮查伊(Sundar Pichai)說道，“我認爲我們如今所在的階段，正是需要我們考慮硬件、軟件，以及如何將兩者完美統一的階段。我們要打破阻礙統一工作的障礙。”Still, Sprint reportedly had concerns about carrying Google's traffic, with chairman Masayoshi Son said to have agreed to the deal under the condition of volume limits that allow for renegotiation if Google's service becomes too big.
不過，據報道，Sprint公司擔心搭載谷歌的訪問量過大，該公司董事長孫正義(Masayoshi Son)表示，其與谷歌達成協議，同意在谷歌服務量過大的情況下，進行流量限制。
