Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to launch Friday in Asia

SINGAPORE--Yahoo! today announced at CommunicAsia that the beta version of Go for Mobile 2.0 will be available Friday in 13 Asia countries. The list includes India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand.

Go for Mobile 2.0 contains a suite of services such as email support, content search and photo-sharing site Flickr. The suite also includes oneSearch, a mobile search service that provides a refined search experience by giving users the answers to queries rather than a series of Web links.

The company said it has also signed partnership agreements with six mobile operators to bring the mobile search platform to the Philippines, India, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Taiwan.

According to David Ko, vice president and general manager for Connected Life Asia at Yahoo!, about 500 million people visit Yahoo!'s homepage a month. Its partnership with the six mobile operators in the region is expected to increase the combined subscriber base in Asia to approximately 100 million.

Ko added that the oneSearch service will enable users to more easily find the answers they want, as well as generate revenue streams for operators since the users are more likely continue using the service.

In Singapore, Yahoo! is currently in talks with the local mobile operators, but the company had no specific announcements to make at this point of time.

The oneSearch service together with Yahoo! Mail will also run as native applications on the upcoming Apple iPhone. The handset will be available in the US on June 29, and in Asia in 2008.

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