Google offers $20/month package to give greater mobile internet coverage

Web giant Google will soon offer a new wireless service to mobile phone users in the United States that the company says will improve access to established cellular networks and millions of Wi-Fi hotspots.

Google officially confirmed its “Project Fi” on Wednesday, less than a day after the Wall Street Journal reported that the California-based corporation was close to unveiling a wireless service that could help the company gain new ground within the mobile industry.

Project Fi will incorporate the cell networks already managed by telecoms Sprint and T-Mobile, Google said, but will also let users hop seamlessly from wireless internet networks while they’re on the go.

“We developed new technology that gives you better coverage by intelligently connecting you to the fastest available network at your location whether it's Wi-Fi or one of our two partner LTE networks,”Google said in a blog post on Wednesday.

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