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Google reportedly expanding Wi-Fi footprint (Mobile Minute)

by Martha DeGrasse
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Google is reportedly working on a new app to automatically connect users to its Wi-Fi network.



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Google is reportedly at work on an app that will automatically move mobile devices onto its Wi-Fi network. Engadget reports that Google is trialling an Android app that would connect mobile devices to its Wi-Fi hotspots wherever they are available, without any user action required. That could mean lower cell phone bills for consumers and some lost revenue for wireless carriers. Google recently inked a deal to handle the Wi-Fi connections at all U.S. Starbucks, taking that business away from AT&T. Now, Google is reportedly working to increase its Wi-Fi footprint in the U.S. and Canada

 

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Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.

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