Yahoo! Extends the New Yahoo! Mobile Experience by Launching in Nine Additional Countries

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Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:30am EDT

Yahoo! Mobile Available Across More Than 400 Devices; Company Also Increases the
Reach of Yahoo! Mobile for iPhone
SINGAPORE--(Business Wire)--
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced at CommunicAsia 2009 that the award-winning
new Yahoo! Mobile experience is now available in nine additional countries and
100 more devices worldwide. Providing an open and highly-personalized starting
point to the Internet on both the mobile Web and as an Apple iPhone app, Yahoo!
Mobile enables consumers to discover, stay connected and stay informed through
their mobile devices. Yahoo! Mobile is now available in 17 countries across
Europe, Asia and the Americas, including today`s expansion into Singapore,
Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Italy. 

Yahoo! Mobile for the Web is now available across more than 400 devices with
HTML-enabled mobile browsers by visiting http://new.m.yahoo.com, while the
Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app is available in the Apple iPhone App Store. 

"We`re thrilled with the consumer adoption of Yahoo! as a starting point to the
Internet experience on mobile devices," said David Ko, senior vice president,
Yahoo! Mobile. "With products like the new Yahoo! Mobile, we`re invigorating the
mobile industry and creating consumer demand for compelling Internet services
across a variety of mobile platforms. We`re delivering engaging and customizable
user experiences for consumers around the globe, ultimately putting them in
control of their mobile lives." 

Yahoo! Mobile - the starting point on mobile devices

With a feature-rich design and interactivity that maximizes the capabilities of
today's mobile devices, Yahoo! Mobile offers an open environment where consumers
can bring together their favorite content and services from across the Internet.
Consumers can now make their Internet experience on mobile personally relevant
through the ability to:

* Discover via results from Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search and
editor-selected content; 
* Stay Connected through access to email and social network accounts from the
most popular Web providers, as well as instant messaging, address book and
calendar tools; 
* Stay Informed by bringing together favorite content - websites, sports teams,
news sources, local content, RSS feeds, weather, stocks, horoscopes and more -
into a single location.

Yahoo! Mobile for Web and the Yahoo! Mobile iPhone app first debuted across
eight countries including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, France, India,
Indonesia and the Philippines in April this year. Additional localized versions
are expected to launch over the next several months. 

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most
trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its
communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating
indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California. (YHOO -- M) 

For more on Yahoo!'s mobile news please visit http://mobile.yahoo.com/newsroom. 

Yahoo!, the Yahoo! logo, Yahoo! Mobile, and Yahoo! Messenger are trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.



Yahoo!
Cory Pforzheimer, +1-408-349-2686
coryp@yahoo-inc.com
Zealous Wiley, +1-408-349-3623
zealous@yahoo-inc.com

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