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Google Partnering With Wireless Facilities
By David Utter
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-10-06
The San Diego firm Wireless Facilities is a partner in Google's bid to provide San Francisco with a free Wi-Fi network.
The much-discussed Google Wi-Fi proposal to the city of San Francisco would have a San Diego company handling the heavy lifting on the project. Should Google's bid be accepted by Mayor Gavin Newsom and the San Francisco city council, the firm Wireless Facilities will get the network in place.
A Union Tribune report from San Diego shows how Google's reputation for keeping things quiet has extended to its partners. Wireless Facilities isn't saying anything beyond what appeared in the proposal, which Google submitted at nearly the last minute on September 30th.
"We don't want to talk about the nature of the relationship or how it came to be," said Michael Baehr, spokesman for Wireless Facilities, told the Union Tribune. "It's extremely sensitive."
Wireless Facilities has experience in building cellular networks, and recently began exploring the possibility of the Wi-Fi network market. The company has bid on projects outside of California, but would not disclose those markets in the report.
Google's bid to provide Wi-Fi to the city was the only one that would be delivered at no cost to the city. Based on reports about the proposal, the city could even make money with Google paying San Francisco for access to utility poles and other property where wireless access points would be placed.
About the Author:
David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. Email him here.
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