Google confirms it wants to be a wireless carrier

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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."

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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 its success, the company decided to invest more time and resources into growing the brand. Read more...

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