REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. signed deals with Vodafone and Bell Mobility to offer its range of wireless content services, further moves by the company to expand its MSN services into the wireless world.
Under the Vodafone agreement, MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger will be available to U.K. users through text messaging services starting in the spring. Under the Canadian deal, Bell Mobility will offer the full suite of MSN services to its customers, including text messaging for Hotmail and Messenger and WAP browsing.
Microsoft has signed deals with 22 mobile operators across the world for its MSN services. Verizon Wireless has an extensive deal with the company to brand its wireless services as VZW with MSN.
