The story appears on

Page A14

November 10, 2010

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

Home » Business » IT

Sina, MSN China said to tie up

SINA, China's largest news portal, is reported to have entered into a strategic partnership with MSN China, according to the Economic Observer.

The collaboration between Sina and Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft's instant messaging service, will include Sina's Twitter-like microblog service, blog and instant messaging as well as portal news service, an unidentified source close to Sina said as reported by the Economic Observer yesterday.

The source said the partnership does not involve injection of capital, adding that an official statement will be issued tomorrow. Market watchers said the collaboration of MSN China and Sina will strengthen the two partners and they will also benefit from the recent dispute between anti-virus software firm Qihoo 360 and Tencent QQ.

MSN Messenger with a 4.34 percent share trails Tencent QQ which boasts a 76.4 percent share in the Chinese mainland's instant messaging market by the end of the third quarter, consulting firm Analysys International said. By the end of September Tencent QQ's active accounts rose to 655 million from 405 million at the start of 2009.

IT



 

Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

沪公网安备 31010602000204号

Email this to your friend