Yahoo strikes largest mobile-search deal yet, in Latin America

Internet company's OneSearch to be default search tool for portals of America Movil, a leading wireless-service provider.

by Elinor Mills

December 20, 2007 10:53 AM PST Follow @elinormills

Yahoo is partnering with America Movil, a leading wireless-service provider in Latin America, on mobile-search services.

(Credit: America Movil)

Under the deal, Yahoo's OneSearch will be the default mobile-search service for the wireless carriers' portals, and the portals will have prominent links to Yahoo's mobile-Web properties. Yahoo also will be deploying local-language versions of OneSearch for each region.

Yahoo OneSearch offers a quick way for mobile users to get their search results, as well as access to news, financial information, weather conditions, and other information.

In October, Yahoo announced a mobile-search and ad partnership with another big Latin America provider, Spain's Telefonica.

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