Yahoo’s mobile search service landed AT & T mobile phone network

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T & T Corporation Monday said they would gradually add the Yahoo search service to the mobile networks menu of 70 million users in the United States.

AT & T plans to use their mobile Internet portal Yahoo’s oneSearch to provide a set of mobile Internet services, including news links, financial information, weather, online album service Flickr and mobile Web search. This is two companies in January this year, revised part of the cooperation agreement. In the original agreement, Yahoo need to AT & T’s broadband computer network TV (Internet TV) and mobile phone customers to provide search and advertising services. The updated agreement, AT & T’s YellowPages.com will provide customers with local search information.

The new agreement replaces the Yahoo and AT & T in 2001 signed a broadband network revenue-sharing agreement, the old agreement only applies to register to use the U.S. phone company broadband Internet access users.

At the same time, Yahoo and Verizon Communications in a similar agreement in the broadband computer expanded the scope of cooperation contracts. In addition to the Yahoo Verizon’s broadband and TV network users with network services, also expand the scope of services to mobile phone users.

Yahoo, one of the rivals Google and Verizon in negotiations, hoping to become the company’s mobile phone network, the priority search service providers. Verizon is the second largest mobile operator, once they acquire local wireless service provider Alltel deal was approved by the relevant authorities will exceed the current market leader AT & T.

Yahoo said they had 60 and the global reach and cooperative relations between operators, the total number of users for nearly 800 million mobile phone networks OneSearch service. These relations of cooperation throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America. With AT & T’s plan implemented, has announced an agreement in the two-thirds have been started. A Yahoo spokesman said, OneSearch has become the Philippines two operators – Smart and Globe – the largest use of the service.

In addition, Yahoo’s search service in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe also very popular. Yahoo’s services in these areas, mainly through T-Mobile, France Telecom’s Orange and Telefonica’s O2 and other operators to provide the agreement.

IDC wireless analyst Scott Ellison said in a statement, ” the cooperation with AT & T will enable Yahoo to reach10 million mobile Internet users, providing advertisers for the scale in the United States.”

Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the resumption of Yahoo, Yahoo’s stock price went up 12%

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Microsoft said in a statement Monday, and Yahoo is willing to restart some or all of takeover negotiations, but the precondition is that Yahoo shareholders to elect a new board of directors. As a result, Yahoo radical investors Kaeryikan (Carl Icahn) for election by the strong support of the Board of Trustees plan.

Microsoft said that if Yahoo on August 1 of the general meeting of shareholders to elect a new board of directors, it will immediately resume negotiations. In early May, Microsoft to 47.5 billion U.S. dollars acquisition of Yahoo’s negotiations to end the breakdown. Stimulated by this news, Yahoo shares rose nearly 12 percent Monday to close at 23.91 U.S. dollars. Microsoft was up 0.19 percent, to close at 26.03 U.S. dollars.

Microsoft’s statement on the same day a statement, Icahn’s response, the latter said in a statement last week with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) “frequent dialogue” and the two had never seen before Dialogue. Icahn hold more than 4 percent of Yahoo shares.

Icahn said to Ballmer said he Yahoo’s current board of directors in the transaction pending regulatory approval process in the “mismanagement” of concern is reached between the two sides of any transaction that a major obstacle. Regulatory approval process may take nine months or longer.

Icahn said in an interview, he nominated a candidate of directors will strengthen Microsoft in the process of regulatory approval risk invest a lot of money to complete a transaction sense of security. He said: “You do not like Shylock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) as Mingchaqiuhao, but also recognize that the current Board of Yahoo and Microsoft are not great ‘comfort zone’. Awaiting regulatory approval process, any acquirer — Not only is Microsoft – want a manager of them feel comfortable. “

Icahn said the open letter published Monday, Yahoo is Microsoft’s current board of directors of the main obstacles to any transaction. Yahoo responded to this in a statement said, still intends to re-open negotiations with Microsoft, but “strongly of the view that” Icahn and any transaction between the Microsoft negotiations, “Yahoo shareholders will not be brought in line with the best interests of the result.”

Icahn also said, is actively selected to replace Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the management team of candidates. He said in a telephone interview: “I was looking for as Yahoo CEO, including a new management team.”

Microsoft and Yahoo may be re-opened talks Monday morning Yahoo signs will push up the price by 10 percent or more.

Sanford C. Bernstein, senior Internet analyst Jeffrey Lindsay (Jeffrey Lindsay) said that if Microsoft really intends to re-open negotiations on “With a vote for the nomination of directors Icahn, the current board and management Yahoo! The basic reason for stepping down. The end, you have to expect institutional shareholders will support the transaction with Microsoft. “

Yahoo and Microsoft in the negotiations between the rupture early May. Microsoft’s initial offer price of 31 U.S. dollars per share, then raised to 33 U.S. dollars, but Yahoo’s share price is 37 U.S. dollars. After the breakdown of negotiations, Icahn holdings of shares in Yahoo, and Yahoo launched to replace the board and management of the proxy war. He said that if he nominated a candidate in the general meeting of directors elected, will immediately take action to force Yang to step down.