Written by on Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Is Verizon saying "If we can’t beat Google, we’ll partner with Google?"


rockem 

After getting something of a black eye in court last week in a legal spar with Google Inc., Verizon Wireless is in serious discussions with Google regarding the possibility of carrying phones built around a new Google operating system. 

That’s something of an odd turnaround given Verizon was in court just last week trying to prevent Google from compelling wireless carriers to open up their networks to more services, but ended up dropping the appeal.

In any case, if the partnership is successful, Google would get access to nearly 64 million potential customers.  However, the deal may still be far from fruition.

(via gizmodo.com)

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dgoldring
Oct 31, 2007

I had exactly the same thought when I read this one. Given the seeming anymosity between these two, it seemed to be a very odd pairing. But, I guess it is all about business. :)

Doug


breley
Oct 31, 2007

Yep, it’s all about makin’ the benjamins. I mean, it’s all for offering our customers the best in class range of services. Ahem.

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