Business news for Tue, 25 Dec 2007 & with word operating. 2 news.

JAPAN'S top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo will join with Internet search engine Google to provide Internet search and e-mail services on the company's handsets, news reports said yesterday. Starting as early as the Spring, users will be able to access Google search, e-mail, scheduling and photo-saving features through NTT DoCoMo's i-Mode Internet network, Japan's main business daily The Nikkei said, without identifying its sources. The two firms plan to integrate the search feature with handset software, enabling the development of new services, the paper said. Tokyo-based DoCoMo Inc is also considering developing a next-generation handset using Google's free operating system for mobile devices, it said. Such a phone could be introduced in the second half of next year, paving the way for the companies to roll out a wide range of cutting-edge services. DoCoMo spokeswoman Makiko Furuta said users can already search the Internet with Google and other search engines through its

JAPAN's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo will join with Internet search engine Google to provide Internet search and e-mail services on the company's handsets, news reports said Tuesday. Starting as early as the spring, users will be able to access Google search, e-mail, scheduling and photo-saving features through NTT DoCoMo's i-Mode Internet network, Japan's main business daily The Nikkei said, without identifying its sources. The two firms plan to integrate the search feature with handset software, enabling the development of new services, the newspaper said. Tokyo-based DoCoMo Inc is also considering developing a next-generation handset using Google's free operating system for mobile devices, it said. Such a phone could be introduced in the second half of next year, paving the way for the companies to roll out a wide range of cutting-edge services. Kyodo News agency carried a similar report. DoCoMo spokeswoman Makiko Furuta said users can already search the