[Microsoft and Google continue to court Verizon Wireless in attempts to become the carriers default mobile search provider--analysts argue it's not about profit, it's about market share.]

By Tricia Duryee (paidContent.org) -- "There are four major wireless carriers in the U.S., and all but Verizon Wireless have a default mobile search provider. Both AT&T and T-Mobile USA use Yahoo! and Sprint Nextel uses Google. If Verizon Wireless chooses Yahoo!, that company would have an astonishingly dominant U.S. market share."

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