According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is rumoured to introduce its wireless service, code named 'Project Fi' “as early as Wednesday” - this April 22. While the telecoms world eagerly awaits the details, especially Google's data charging and pricing model for the service, the market in general expects the search engine giant to introduce plans that charge based on usage as opposed to quota based fixed pricing. Besides this, flat rates, roll over data usage and shared data pools between multiple devices are expected to be some of the features that will be accompanying Google's wireless service debut. At the same time, the voice and text pricing is expected to be aligned to Google Hangouts which will see free calls within the US and a low rate for international calls.
Project Fi is expected to use an app called “Tycho” that was found in a recent Nexus 6 image. Tycho will be a single interface for the service, carrying phone numbers and offering billing and account management functionalities. The service is rumored to support more than a single phone number via Google Voice porting, allowing users to use the app to check and uncheck phones that they want to be a part of their received calls service.
Google's MVNO mobile service is expected to leverage on both Sprint and T-Mobile, switching between the two networks depending on which signal is stronger in a given area and to support WiFi calling. In February, Google product chief Sundar Pichai confirmed the wireless service and reassured carriers that the service was meant to be a small scale experiment.
