So here is an article by Peter Nowak that outs Google as a nascent telecom behemoth.
One thing I tend to disagree with is Nowak’s suggestion that by comparison to Google’s master plan the iPhone is a tinkertoy.
Read Nowak’s article, then follow up by reading the recent article by Cringely. Put the two together and what do you have?

“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
Google: You ain’t seen nothin’ yet
Search engine giant Google Inc. has been putting together a massive cable network to provide customers around the world with telecommunications services ranging from broadband Internet to home and mobile phones.
I, Cringely . The Pulpit . The Google Connection | PBS
Safari for Windows is part of a PLATFORM in the same sense that iTunes is part of the iPod platform or vice versa. In this case the platform in question is the iPhone and an as-yet unmentioned partner in that platform is Google.