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Google doesn't operate this way, this article has no real basis. 30 Billion for being better at retail? Maybe they could take a mayor shareholder stake for inf
by sek 14y ago
Google doesn't operate this way, this article has no real basis. 30 Billion for being better at retail?
Maybe they could take a mayor shareholder stake for influence, but Motorola is still separate and was bought for the patents.
Google will far more likely create it's own carrier.
- pulledpork 14y agoI concur. Why not spend money disrupting the industry with a decentralized service or similar instead of buying an existing player with all their baggage? Their fibre push seems to be much more the style I would expect.
- Corrado 14y agoWell, there is a very real problem with putting cell towers on the ground. T-Mobile has that, as well as spectrum, to offer a potential buyer. And those two things are extraordinarily difficult to build out yourself.