The running battle between handset manufacturers and carriers over which companies should be the main brand and control mobile content — currently being won by carriers — has a new player… large internet companies such as Microsoft, Google and Yahoo which are moving into the mobile space. “How the shifting balance of power between cellco and handset maker works out in the coming few years will partly depend on which side makes more creative alliances with internet companies.”
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