Google's high-speed Internet communication project 'Google Fiber' tops second position resigns without a year

Gregory McClay, CEO of "Google Fiber" project to provide high-speed Internet communications at low cost, suddenly resigned. Mr. McClay took over as the top of Google Access under Google Fiber in February 2017 under the affiliation of Alphabet, sudden resignation at the top seems to hurt the operation of Google Fiber.

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In October 2016, Mr. Craig Barratt who was the top of Google Fiber resigned, and in October 2016, approximately 9% of employees related to Google Fiber were dismissed and scheduledGoogle Fiber's plan to offer to eight cities in the United States has been revised.

Mr. McClay, who assumed the position of CEO in February 2017 as a replacement for Mr. Barat, was appointed as a director of the provider Aero Communications CEO and CenturyLink, who was bought a track record of Internet communication business. However, Mr. McClay suddenly resigned in July 2017. The reason is not clear at the present time.

Mr. McClay took over as Google Fiber's top position to Bloomberg, "Google Fiber has an important role in providing high-speed, high-quality Internet communication, because I am passionate throughout my career "I was talking about the enthusiasm to put Google Fiber on track as the service pace has declined than planned.

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However, according to the information Bloomberg got from people involved in Google Fiber, Mr. McClay said there was a problem from the beginning. There is information that there was a problem with multiple employees and asked if there is passion for steering of Google Fiber at the meeting held in March 2017.

Google Fiber is positioned as a large-scale project that should be prioritized in Alphabet, and in June 2016 it acquired Webpass, which is an ISP for high-speed wireless communication, and clarified plans to expand the service provision area to 20 cities It was. However, after that, two tops resigned in about a year, and seems to have influenced the progress of the project to a considerable extent.

"We are committed to making Google Fiber a success, Alfabet's Larry Page has a wonderful team in Google Fiber and I am confident that I can find a wonderful person leading this important project I am doing a statement that "I am looking for Mr. McClay's successor."