Google’s Free Zone in Philippines and Indonesia underscores search giant’s interest to become global ISP

November 27, 2012 by  

Updated on: 7 December 2012

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Despite the hoax press release of Google‘s supposed USD500M acquisition of Wifi provider ICOA, which duped the Verge, the Internet giant’s recent forays to become an internet service provider is no joke.

While the search company has gotten a lot of press mileage for its Google Fiber experiment and partnership with Boingo to provide wifi hotspots in the United States, the launch of the Google Free Zone in the Philippines could make the most impact. Read more