Report: Google, Verizon near mobile-search pact




By Stephen Shankland, CNET



GoogleVerizonmobile phone service providerThe Wall Street Journal


The deal, still not final, would make Google's search service central to a one-stop search mechanism for Verizon devices, and Google will share revenue from the service, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. Still under negotiation are issues such as whether Google would be allowed to save information from users' searches, the paper said.


Revenue-sharing terms had held up the partnership, which Google has sought for a year, the Journal reported.


Mobile phones, increasingly powerful and ubiquitous, are a major battleground for technology companies seeking to consolidate a fragmented market. Google rival Yahoo already has mobile phone software deals with several mobile operators.

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