China Telecom Teams up with Microsoft

From CRIEnglish:

"China Telecom, a leading fixed-line phone operator in China, has joined the country's fierce Internet search engine competition with Microsoft as its technical partner.

A search engine titled "114", an established telephone inquiry service in China, has appeared on China Telecom's partner website, http://www.vnet.cn/..

The service is still in trial period and formal service will be started in early October, a source at China Telecom told Xinhua Thursday."