European telcos are said to be mulling creation of a new search e...
European telcos are said to be mulling creation of a new search engine for mobile users. The U.K.’s Sunday Telegraph reported over the weekend that Deutsche Telekom, Telecom Italia, France Telecom, Hutchison Whampoa, Telefonica and U.S. company Cingular will…
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hold secret talks on the plan during the Feb. 12-15 3GSM conference in Barcelona. A spokesman for U.K. mobile media company 3, a Hutchison unit, said the effort arose from the GSM Assn. (GSMA), which set up a group to study the idea. Because 3 has contracts with Google and Yahoo, it won’t pursue the possibility in a big way, the spokesman said. A GSMA spokesman wouldn’t confirm 3’s statement. A representative for Telefonica’s O2 said the company isn’t “in a position to comment on the stories at this stage.”