Sina, China Mobile Counter Google’s “Change of Course”
Sina (Nasdaq:SINA) has already developed its own search engine that could replace Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) search on the Sina homepage, cctime.com reported Friday quoting a Sina public relations chief.
Virtual community site Tianya Club is implementing a new plan to continue operating without Google’s help, the report said quoting Tianya CEO Xing Ming. Tianya Club said Friday that it has not suspended its cooperation with Google for its interactive community and Q&A sites, and the parties are still negotiating solutions after Google.cn began redirecting traffic to its Hong Kong site, DoNews reports March 26.
China Mobile’s (NYSE:CHL, 0941.HK) mobile application service Monternet has switched from Google’s search engine to “Monternet search,” reports Chinareviewnews.com. An unnamed source said China Mobile also planned to terminate contracts for the use of Google’s search engine in China Mobile’s wireless application protocol homepage, said the cctime.com report.
China Unicom (NYSE:CHU,0762.HK,600050.SH) said earlier this week that its handsets with Google’s Android operating system will no longer offer Google search functions.
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