Yahoo touts six new mobile operator deals and soups up Go

by: admin Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Rating: ya, ya hoo?

Yahoo! has signed six new partnerships agreements for its onesearch mobile search service with Globe Telecom, Idea Cellular, LG Telecom, Maxis Communications, PT Telekomunikasi and Taiwan Mobile.

In another announcement Yahoo! has apparent made Yahoo! Go faster in the US. The Yahoo! Go downloadable client is now available in 200 devices and will increase to 400 by the end of the year.

From the press releases
“These partnerships with leading operators in Asia help extend Yahoo!’s clear leadership in the mobile space,” said David Ko, vice president and general manager, Connected Life Asia, Yahoo!. “Partners are essential to our consumer-centric mobile strategy and key relationships will continue to evolve and deliver great Internet experiences to our respective customers,” Ko added.

“Today’s launch signals to the world that Yahoo! Go is ready for primetime. With the tremendous consumer response to date we believe that Yahoo! Go will be a catalyst for broader adoption of the mobile Internet,” said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Connected Life Division, Yahoo!. “People want easy access to the Internet on their mobile phones, and Yahoo! Go 2.0 offers content, access and answers wherever you are.”

What we think
GoMo news doesn’t like commenting on services that it hasn’t tested. For an analysis of the EU Yahoo! Go please see The Mobile Search Analyst. We will review the new version when we in the US shortly.

With regards to the six operator deployments – Yahoo! is like Carlsberg it reaches the operators that no one else can.
No really; well done.