Why would Google want to buy a smallish network operator that only operates in one country, and unsuccessfully at that? There's an ongoing trend on tech blogs

Why would Google want to buy a smallish network operator that only operates in one country, and unsuccessfully at that? There's an ongoing trend on tech blogs when talking about mobile, they think that what happens in the USA is the only thing that matters (see a million posts about $100 smart phones with $2000 contracts attached). In this case, the blogger don't even seem to know the difference between T-Mobile (with 14 subsidiary networks) and T-Mobile USA, or at least never distinguishes between the 2. If Google wants to be in the mobile network business, and that's a big if, it'll want to be in the mobile network business worldwide. Look at any one of the biggest mobile network operators [1], Google will be far more interested in them than a standalone T-Mobile USA. 1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operator...