KL's Digicom, Yahoo! tie up

KL's Digicom, Yahoo! tie up

KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones): Malaysia's DiGi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd. said Monday it will team up with Yahoo! Asia to provide Internet content to DiGi mobile phone users.

Digicom users will be provided with a tool kit to allow phones not equipped with wireless application protocol, or WAP, to access WAP services, as well as direct access to WAP platforms.

"Yahoo! will be responsible for the creation, hosting and maintenance of all its existing and future products and features while DiGi provides the WAP gateway," DiGi said in a press statement.

"With Yahoo! on board we are confident that our soon-to-be- launched mobile Internet services will be a cut above the rest," DiGi chief Operating Officer Stein Hansen said at a press conference.

Financial details of the venture weren't available. Nor could the companies provide revenue or subscriber forecasts for the new services.