Google Talking With Verizon

Google applications may appear on Verizon phones
By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 30, 2007 11:51 PM CDT
Google Talking With Verizon
A woman walks past a Verizon Wireless store in San Francisco in this Oct. 30, 2006 file photo. Verizon Communications Inc., the nation's second largest telecommunications company, is in talks with Google Inc. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)   (Associated Press)

Google is in talks with Verizon Wireless, the number-two U.S. mobile carrier, about putting Google applications on its phones, Reuters reports. The Google-powered phones are expected to meld several of its applications into a single package for Verizon customers, including Google Maps, News, YouTube and Gmail. Google shares rose 2.3 percent on Tuesday to $694.77.

"There are good useful talks going on and they could result in a deal," one of the sources cited by Reuters said. Denny Strigl, Verizon's chief operating officer, said during an investor call Monday that the operator talks to a lot of companies, including Google, but he did not elaborate. (More Google stories.)

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