Today China Mobile, a mobile telecommunications carrier, and Google announced a partnership to provide mobile and Internet search services in China.

Together, the companies will provide Chinese cell phone users mobile search products and services that will make it easier find relevant content.Google will provide its search engine technology to China Mobile to enable "mobile search" on China Mobile's Monternet WAP portal, and China Mobile users will be able to easily search Monternet and its vast content, including sports and entertainment news, ringtones, games, images, videos and novels.

Users will be able to access the service via a search box or search link on Monternet’s homepage, or through a dedicated mobile search homepage on Monternet. The first-phase service has been partially put into trial operation in December, 2006 and will be launched broadly in the early part of 2007.