Japan's leading 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. Starting as early as the spring, users will be able to access Google search, e-mail, scheduling and photo-saving features through NTT DoCoMo i-Mode Internet network. The two firms plan to integrate the search feature with handset software, enabling the development of new services, the paper said. Tokyo-based DoCoMo 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. The partnership will benefit Google. The alliance will give the company better access to the Japanese search engine market. Although the engine is the leading search engine worldwide, it is not the case in Japan, where Yahoo Japan is leading.
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