Vodafone in venture to boost mobile Internet

LONDON (Reuters) - British mobile phone group Vodafone said on Thursday it was linking up with China Mobile and Softbank to help accelerate the commercial deployment of mobile Internet services.

The initiative is expected to promote applications that run across handset platforms and the operating systems of different mobile operators, Vodafone said in a statement.

(Reporting by Alastair Sharp, Editing by Mark Potter)