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Chinese search engine Baidu to boost market share with new services
BEIJING, Nov 25, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Chinese search engine Baidu Inc. has
launched two services for mobile users, in an effort to gain an edge
and market share in the world's largest mobile market, China Daily
reported Thursday.
Baidu launched its client software that combines search and other
functions it offers on the PC Internet. With this software, mobile
users can access search services much faster than WAP browsers.
The company has also come out with a new mobile software input
method, which was developed by Shanghai-based DayHand Networks Co.
Ltd., a mobile software company it had acquired earlier.
The company said it was going to continue its cooperation with
telecom carriers and other players. Last month Baidu signed a
partnership with China Unicom to provide wireless search for the
carrier's 3G mobile subscribers.
Mobile Internet users in the country reached 192 million by the
end of September this year, an increase of 62.7 percent year on year,
and the number of computer-based Internet users grew to 360 million
during the same period, according to the Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology.
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