Mumbai: Yahoo! today expanded the reach of its popular mobile search service, Yahoo! oneSearch beta, to consumers in India. It will go live in beta today in seven countries namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

oneSearch reinvents search on the mobile and is designed to provide consumers instant, relevant answers on their mobile device. It can now be accessed through Yahoo!‘s mobile Web site, on any mobile phone with a browser and Internet access.

Yahoo! Connected Life Asia Vice president and general manager David Ko said, "Consumers want search on their mobile phone to be entirely different from search on the PC. Yahoo! oneSearch is designed specifically for the mobile phone. It understands what busy consumers are looking for when they are on the move and brings up relevant answers in the first screen. It delivers better results with just one search, instead of a sea of websites."

Consumers in India will be able to access news, finance, weather, image, web and mobile web results and access new types of content over the coming months. For example, if a consumer wants to look for the latest information on a company, they just need to type Maruti into the search box. The search results will list the current stock price, latest news articles, the company website and more.