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Deutsche Telekom and Google are teaming-up in a deal that would see the search giant providing mobile search services to T-Mobile users across Europe. The deal has already started, making Google the pre-selected search partner for mobile phone internet searches by T-Mobile’s European customers. Moreover, Google can be quickly accessed from the operator’s “web’n'walk” portal and from the handset idle screen. Unsurprisingly, commercial terms of the deal were not announced.
The main focus of a partnership like this one is the feature phone user base that more often than not opts for the default search option.
Until this deal, Yahoo! was T-Mobile’s pick since February 2008. More recently, Google displaced Yahoo! from its position as search partner for T-Mobile USA this year, and this news is seen as an extension of that deal.
Also worth noting is that Google is already DT’s partner in its fixed-line search business and the operator said that it “expects synergies in the future as we continue to release innovative convergent solutions.”
[Via: MobileBusinessBriefing]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
