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Oct. 23, 2007

Google's executives aren't talking about any of the company's plans for the mobile market.

This is despite Google reporting a 46 percent increase in its latest quartly earnings and sales.

According to some news reports, co-founder Larry Page and CEO Eric Schmidt said "a lot about very little" during a conference call with Wall Street analysts last Wednesday.

Google executives did not say whether or not the company plans to bid in the upcoming spectrum auction, though it was heavily involved in lobbying the FCC to adopt open access requirements for at least a portion of the spectrum.

Larry Page, the other Google co-founder, did say that the company has "many, many different options available" in terms of spectrum and connectivity solutions, adding that there are "opportunities available" for the company "in those kinds of spaces," according to the Dow Jones news report.

The executives also said that they are seeing strong results for the company's mobile application offerings and that it plans to continue talks and partnerships with wireless carriers.

Google has also reported another hiring surge during the quarter, adding 2,130 new employees.

However, neither Page nor Schmidt confirmed or denied rumors about Google working on its own mobile handset.

Google instead bluntly said that "it dosen't comment on rumors."

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Source: Wireless Week