Google's startup is preparing a Wi-Fi stand for free and fast use by anyone

Automatic driving carFromCompanies facing the aging phenomenonUntil the project we are working on has the potential to move the world. A new company Google launched on June 10, 2015 "Sidewalk Labs"Is one of them, and we are ongoing a project to deliver free high-speed Wi-Fi to cities around the world.

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Google has established a new company, Sidewalk Labs, on June 10, as a company that aims to improve the living standard of residents by developing technologies to solve the cities' problems such as living expenses, transportation methods and energy consumption. However, since the company purpose of Sidewalk Labs was far from the main business of Google, initially we did not know what kind of project or business Google planned for Sidewalk Labs.


On Sunday nine days after the establishment of Sidewalk Labs,Titan"When"Control Group"We announced that we will merge the two companies to establish a new company," Intersection ", and the details of the project being concretely proceeded have been found out. The two companies that Sidewalk Labs merged were a municipally-led project to make the old public phone in New York a free public Wi-Fi stand "LinkNYCIt was a company that supported.

LinkNYC's planned free public Wi-Fi stand is equipped with an Android tablet and supplies high-speed Internet within 50 meters radius and anyone can use the internet for free at any time. In addition, it is possible to make a free call to the United States using the installed keypad. Also on the side of the stand is a display that displays advertisements and public service information.


The Control Group is engaged in developing UI for free public Wi-Fi stands, and Titan was in charge of providing advertising networks. Sidewalk Labs will start merging these two companies and install 10,000 free public Wi-Fi stands as soon as possible in September 2015, and New York City will have a $ 500 million (about 61.8 billion yen) in the next 12 yearsAdvertisement revenueWe expect to bring about. However, Sidewalk Labs does not disclose how to distribute earnings.

Qualcomm cooperated to provide a free public Wi - Fi stand network, but due to the merger announcement of Sidewalk Labs, there is a possibility that Google will supply the network instead of Qualcomm. Google announced the "Google Fiber"We have already started offering in cities such as Austin and Kansas City and have some experience in network supply.


According to Sidewalk Labs' announcement, the ultimate goal of Intersection is to deploy free and high-speed Wi-Fi in cities around the world, using everything from public phones to bus stops. Google's Larry Page CEO at the time of the establishment of Sidewalk Labs said "Sidewalk Labs is a relatively small investment and is far from our core business,Google XYaCalicoWe hope that it will help people to improve their living standards as wellRemarkwas doing. It will be very convenient if you can use Wi-Fi free of charge worldwide, but even if the free public Wi-Fi stand in New York succeeds, it seems that it will take a long time to be deployed in cities around the world.