Posted on Monday, November 13 2006 @ 22:26 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Google's CEO Eric Schmidt sees a future for free ad-supported mobile phones:
Schmidt said on Saturday that as mobile phones become more like handheld computers and consumers spend as much as eight to 10 hours a day talking, texting and using the Web on these devices, advertising becomes a viable form of subsidy.
"Your mobile phone should be free," Schmidt told Reuters. "It just makes sense that subsidies should increase" as advertising rises on mobile phones.
He was interviewed following a speech on the theme of business innovation organized by Italian student groups and the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
More details at
Reuters.
