- Google will be the pre-selected search provider for mobile phone internet searches.
- Agreement covers Deutsche Telekom's European footprint and is effective since 1st October.
Deutsche Telekom and Google have entered into an agreement whereby Google will become the default search provider for millions of mobile phone users. Google search will be available via the web'n'walk browser homepage and the phone's idle screen. Now it will be even easier for Deutsche Telekom's mobile internet customers to access one of the world's leading search engines. The service will be optimised for mobile phone use, with customers being presented with the most relevant information. Roll out began on 1st October across Deutsche Telekom's European footprint. "As the worlds' leading web search providers, Google is best placed to deliver the demanding product requirements we have for our customers. We're focused on innovative solutions and have rapid development schedules which Google can support. Google already provide the search service for our fixed-line business and we expect synergies in the future as we continue to release innovative convergent solutions," says Rainer Deutschmann, Senior Vice President Mobile Products, Deutsche Telekom.
About Deutsche Telekom AG Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies, with over 131 million mobile customers, around 37 million fixed-network lines and approximately 16 million broadband lines (as of June 30, 2009). The Group provides fixed-network, mobile-communications, Internet and IPTV products and services for consumers, and ICT solutions for business and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in some 50 countries and has over 251,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenue of EUR 64.6 billion in the 2009 financial year - over half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2009).