The collaboration between Facebook and Ericsson will provide an environment and expertise for optimizing application, networks, devices and services for the next five billion users.
The collaboration between the two tech giants is expected to open in the middle of 2014 on Facebook’s campus in Menlo Park, California, the new lab will tackle the most critical aspects of the Internet.org goal to make Internet access available to all.
Based on Ericsson Device and Application Verification service capabilities and the company’s technology leadership in mobile networks, Ericsson will provide FB and app developers the ability to simulate different network environments from all over the globe. This will allow developers to test and develop apps and services.
The lab will help remove one of the key physical barriers that exist for bringing the Internet to everyone. Current developers usually access to the network environment on their physical location. With the public today using 2G, 3G, 4G and WiFi on multiple OS and wide range of devices, the complexity involved for developers can be overwhelming. The joint innovation lab will facilitate multiple network environments for testing, optimizing, all in one location.
