Monday, August 28, 2006
YAHOO and Google's mobile strategies
Japan is a couple of years ahead of Europe and US in mobile communications by most measures.
What are GOOGLE and YAHOO doing in Japan's mobile sector?
GOOGLE partnered with KDDI (Japan's No. 2 mobile operator with about 25 million mobile subscribers) to develop mobile search.
YAHOO-Japan made a large step forward when SoftBank acquired Vodafone's Japan operations in March this year.
SoftBank's latest mobile phones include a "Y" = YAHOO button:
Yesterday, August 26, 2006, SoftBank opened it's new flagship store in Tokyo-Roppongi including a YAHOO-Spot:
What are GOOGLE and YAHOO doing in Japan's mobile sector?
GOOGLE partnered with KDDI (Japan's No. 2 mobile operator with about 25 million mobile subscribers) to develop mobile search.
YAHOO-Japan made a large step forward when SoftBank acquired Vodafone's Japan operations in March this year.
SoftBank's latest mobile phones include a "Y" = YAHOO button:
Yesterday, August 26, 2006, SoftBank opened it's new flagship store in Tokyo-Roppongi including a YAHOO-Spot:
