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Verizon to hire Microsoft to offer Web services for cell phone customers
CommentsMicrosoft Corp. forged a deal with Verizon Wireless to provide Web browsing services to mobile-phone users, beating out search leader Google Inc.
Verizon Wireless, which expects to surpass AT&T Inc. this week as the largest U.S. wireless provider, had sought a search partner to boost subscribers’ data use. Microsoft had one-seventh the Internet search traffic of Google in November, according to Nielsen Co. Microsoft is paying to cement this deal to try to narrow that gap.
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