Articles tagged with: Eric Schmidt and Verizon Wireless

Verizon in Talks with Google for Mobile Search Partnership

Verizon Communications is reported to be in talks with search engine giant, Google over a mobile search tie up for its Verizon Wireless subsidiary. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal would make Google the default search engine on all Verizon phones in exchange for a share of the advertising revenues.  more

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UPDATE: Big Tech Inks WiMax Deal With Sprint, Clearwire

An unlikely alliance of titans from the cable, Internet and chip industries are investing $3.2 billion in a company that will deliver Web access for cellphones and laptops at speeds much faster than what is available today using a technology called WiMax.  more

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Google Confirms - To Bid in FCC Wireless-Spectrum Auction

Google said Friday it plans to bid for spectrum in a Federal Communications Commission auction to be held early next year, confirming speculation that the Web-search giant intends to make a costly foray into the wireless market.  more

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UPDATE: Google's Mobile-Phone Strategy Keys on Open Standards

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- With its bid to bring open technology standards to the mobile phone market, Google ­is leading a strategy that could make devices cheaper and give consumers more control over their phones' capabilities. more

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