Yahoo! Partners with 3 Group

Yahoo! and 3 Group have announced a partnership. The companies are going to provide Yahoo! services on 3’s mobile network.

Yahoo! and 3 Group have announced a partnership. The companies are going to provide Yahoo! services on 3’s mobile network.

The first service of Yahoo and 3 Group will begin in this summer. In the first phase the companies will provide the services in the UK.

After the first launch the companies will also offer their services in Italy, Ireland, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Australia.

Key Yahoo services that will be available on 3’s mobile network include:

– Yahoo Search

– Yahoo Mail

– Yahoo Messenger

– Yahoo Address Book

– Yahoo Calendar

– Yahoo Photos.

Geraldine Wilson, Vice President, Connected Life, Yahoo Europe, said: “This announcement is another major milestone in Yahoo!’s strategy to extend our user experience “˜beyond the browser’ and across other platforms.

This arrangement gives us a new opportunity to take Yahoo! content and services to even more potential users ““ especially those that might not have ready or frequent access to the Internet via a PC”. [source]

To read the complete press release, click here.

To visit 3 Group website, click here.

To visit Yahoo, click here.