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Google Wins Optus Phone Search Deal |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
Optus and Google have announced that Google Web Search will
be available on Optus mobile phones via the content portal, Optus Zoo.
Under terms of the deal, Optus mobile customers will be able
to access Google right off the Optus Zoo homepage, enabling them to conduct a
search on Google just like they would on a PC.
Warren Hardy, Managing Director Optus Consumer, said: "From
October 2006 Optus' 6.56 million mobile customers will have the ability to
search Google via their mobile phone - putting Google in the palm of their hand."
"We see this is as a major step forward in making Australian
consumers more mobile in their day-to-day lives. Our customers can be out and
about and still have the tools to find a restaurant, see movie times or even
answer an elusive trivia quiz question.
"Google is renowned for delivering the fastest and most accurate
search results - so we are very excited about this partnership and we are sure
our customers will be too," Hardy said.
Richard Kimber, Google's Managing Director of Sales and
Operations for South East Asia, is delighted
that Google is working with Optus to add Google Web Search to the Optus Zoo homepage.
"The partnership demonstrates our commitment to making the
mobile phone a more convenient and dependable device for accessing useful and
relevant information while on the go. For millions of Optus mobile users it
means they can now quickly and easily use Google to find whatever they are
looking for at any time," Kimber said.
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