Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) specializes in a variety of products related to search and the Internet. In the wireless industry Google is most known for its open-source mobile OS, Android, which it acquired in 2005. Android is the largest mobile operating system with over a 50 percent market share in the U.S, according to comScore. Google also operates Google Play (its app store), Google Chrome (its browser for the Web and mobile), Google+ (its social networking service) and a variety of other services.

In 2011, Google acquired handset manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. In 2013, Google announced it would be acquiring location-services company Waze for an undisclosed amount.

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Battle looms over SF muni-WiFi ownership

FierceBroadbandWireless | November 27, 2006
True to form, the San Francisco muni-WiFi saga continues, and since this is a new week, there new twists and

SPOTLIGHT: Google losing ground in mobile search?

November 20, 2006
GigaOM asks the pertinent question: Where is Google? Microsoft is teeing up deals with major carriers like Sprint, while Yahoo and Vodafone are forging strategic alliances. Google's five most recent

Editor's Corner

FierceMobileContent | November 16, 2006
For a company that's so far made relatively few inroads in the mobile content space, search engine leviathan Google sure does command a lot of attention around these parts. First Google CEO Eric

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FierceDeveloper | November 13, 2006
Helio has launched a new phone, the

QUICKLINKS: Latest FCC spectrum auction may get ugly; Google adds GPS support to mobile maps; Much more...

FierceDeveloper | November 13, 2006
Latest FCC spectrum auction may get ugly. FierceWireless Finally: Google adds GPS support to mobile mapping

Google CEO: Free phones for paid advertising

FierceMobileContent | November 12, 2006
In an interview this weekend, search giant Google's CEO Eric Schmidt said as advertising assumes a greater role across mobile networks, consumers should receive their handsets for free. "It just

Google: Mobile phones should be free

November 12, 2006
At the Web 2.0 conference in New York, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told reporters that mobile phones should be free: "It just makes sense that subsidies should increase" as advertising rises on mobile

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FierceMobileContent | November 9, 2006
The big picture for mobile video became a lot clearer this week in the wake of two major developments. Tuesday brought

Report: Verizon set to offer YouTube on VOD

FierceIPTV | November 8, 2006
As Jason over at FierceMobileContent reported , The Wall Street Journal

Report: Verizon to offer most popular YouTube videos on VOD

FierceIPTV | November 8, 2006
As Jason over at FierceMobileContent reported, The Wall Street Journal reports today Verizon is in advanced talks with YouTube to bring the popular Internet video site's clips to mobile phones and
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