Search giant, self-driving car developer, smartphone and tablet maker. Turned data plan provider?

Google wants more people to get online so they can search around and click on its ads. And it's shaking up the telecom world to do it. The company said at the wireless show in Barcelona, Spain, that it will soon sell data plans for smartphones and tablets in the US. The announcement confirmed leaks and media reports in late January that Google planned to enter the telecom market.

More information will be released "in the coming months", Sundar Pichai, Google Inc's senior vice-president of products, said during his presentation.