PALO ALTO: Sprint PCS Group Monday said it had selected Google Inc. as the
default search provider for its wireless Internet service.
The deal will make Google's popular search technology available to Sprint's
11.8 million wireless customers, enabling them to search about 1.3 billion
Internet pages from wireless devices like cell phones.
Both companies declined to discuss the financial terms of the deal, although
a Google spokesman said it was its largest wireless deal yet "by far."
Google, an award-winning search engine, has also recently announced deals with
Handspring Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc to provide wireless searches.
Google said that although the wireless search business does not currently
generate the same revenue as searches conducted over PCs, it sees a lot of
potential growth in wireless, and is encouraged by the popularity of wireless
Internet devices in Japan and in other international markets.
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