MSN, Microsoft’s Internet services arm, signed up French mobile carrier Orange in the biggest deal yet for its Hotmail and MSN Messaging service to mobile phones.
IN THE DEAL with Orange, MSN gains access to 35 million potential customers in six countries, taking the total to 105 million mobile phone users in 13 countries who can get e-mail and instant messages from the Web forwarded to ordinary handsets in the form of short text messages (SMS).
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