Google to Become Wireless

The search giant isn't afraid of innovations and it doesn't refuse to invest in things that others consider as not being useful. That's why the number of Google's services is huge. Gmail, Google Talk, Google Base, Google Calendar, Google AdWords, Google AdSense and Google Search. Yes, Google Search is probably the most popular search engine on the Internet. And why is that? Because the company invested in technologies and relations with its customers that offered Google a huge popularity and besides that, money.

It seems like the company is aiming for another area to invest, the WiFi network representing a domain that has been completely avoided by Google. Meraki Networks, a company that offers products and services for wireless platforms that will enable users build wireless networks with ease, is the next target for the search giant.

Last week, the wireless company organized a funding conference that was meant to attract investments, Google representing one of the most important guests.

Sanjit Biswas, co-founder of Meraki Networks, sustained that Google made investments of about one million dollars, refusing to offer the exact amount.
Biswas also said to GigaOM that Google contracted the company some time ago, but refused to go further to an offer because the search giant refused to make investments in a router that is not completely open source.

Chris Sacca, a Google employee, confirmed the statement and also added that their goal corresponds to the vision that Meraki Networks has: they both want to offer small wireless ISPs an inexpensive solution to provide well-developed services.

If you intend to build a wireless network using Meraki Networks' hardware solutions, you should know that the company is selling wireless routers for about $49 because the company is still in beta and they want to attract customers. However, the company's co-founder said that they plan to raise the price of the final product, a wireless router being rated to $100.