Google in Mobile 2008

Google is the world' s most popular internet search engine. However with more people in the world having access to a mobile phone than a computer, Google is turning its attentions to the mobile market. Many of its web services and applications are now making its way to the mobile platform. How will this affect your mobile service? Will Google come to monopolise the mobile industry as it has done with the internet? How can you work with Google?

Google have been making strategic moves in the wireless market and has been active in Mountain View, California and has been pursuing a wireless solution in San Francisco. It is also set to bid 2008 US Spectrum Auctions. What impact will Google have on the wireless market in the future? It has pledged $4.6 billion to free wireless spectrum. Will Google be involved with plans to allow access to any device, meaning users are no longer locked into carrier subscriptions?

With Google' s move into any area creating great interest, talk today is of them utilising balloons as a way of extending coverage. Should you be working with Google today? Will they be the major player in mobile search technology or have they become too large to develop truly innovative dedicated products? Will Google' s backing of Fon in offering free worldwide wireless access to compete with mobile carriers be a success or will it go the way of Earthlink? Find out today.

The latest visiongain report Google in Mobile 2008 provides valuable information to Google' s strategy in the mobile market. It examines the threat posed to others by Google as the company becomes increasingly more involved in the sector. It also analyses the opportunities that exist for operators and manufacturers. How can you benefit from Google in mobile? Can you afford not to work with them and miss out?

• What are Google' s motives for entering the mobile platform?
• What acquisitions have Google carried out and what reason?
• What services have been made available on mobile?
• Which other services have the potential to be moved to mobile?
• How does the services of Google' s rivals compare to those offered by Google?
• How can its rivals compete effectively with Google?
• What impact will Android have?
• Why did Google launch an operating system rather than its own branded phone?
• What are the prospects for a "GPhone" in the future?
• How will Google' s rivals respond to the launch of Android?

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November 2007, also saw the launch of Google' s Android operating system, with the first Android-based handsets set to be released in H2 2008. It has teamed up with over 30 partners in the Open Handset Alliance to launch Android. How successful will Google and the Open Handset Alliance be with the launch of Android and what effect will it have on its competitors such as Symbian and Palm? The report also considers how Android will progress in the future and whether or not we will actually see a Google branded phone launched?

• Mobile/cellular carriers and operators
• Wireless providers
• Handset manufacturers
• Digital and mobile advertising agencies
• Location based service providers
• Brands looking to tap into the mobile market