Telefonica and Microsoft have announced that the companies are deploying a range of Windows Live for Mobile client application services for their mutual customers on their mobile devices. Telefonica will enable its customers to download a Java-based client application that gives them access to Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Spaces to communicate and share with the people they care about from their mobile phone.

In addition, Telefonica and Microsoft will also introduce a Windows Live Messenger client pre-installed on a mobile phone SIM card to provide customers with access to Windows Live Messenger directly from their mobile phone. This embeds the Windows Live Messenger client on the device and enables it to work over SMS.

These Windows Live mobile services will become available early this year in a phased rollout across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Initially customers will need to download the Java client, but over time these services will be preinstalled on the mobile phone device or SIM card.