Yahoo Partners With America Movil

Yahoo has partnered with America Movil, Latin America’s major mobile company and will provide mobile Web services to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Under the agreement Yahoo’s oneSearch will be the default mobile search service on America Movil’s wireless carrier’s portals. Yahoo will create localized versions of oneSearch for each region. In the coming months the two companies will add more Yahoo products and services to mobile devices.

The partnership with America Movil is Yahoo’s largest of the 21 search agreements it has announced this year. Yahoo’s biggest deal previously was with Spain’s Telefonica SA, serving up to 100 million subscribers in European and Latin American markets.

 "With our mobile leadership in Latin America combined with Yahoo!’s expertise in mobile Internet services, we are delivering compelling mobile experiences for consumers and driving further adoption of the mobile Internet," said Luis Cosio, value added services director of America Movil.

American Movil has 143 million wireless subscribers and 3.8 million landlines in Latin America.