The biggest commercial online service will distribute the most popular software for navigating the World Wide Web under a broad relationship announced Monday by America Online Inc. and Netscape Communications Corp.

Netscape's Navigator "browser" program will become an integral part of the software America Online distributes to its subscribers. It will also be integrated with GNN, AOL's Internet-only access service.Separately, America Online made an arrangement with AT&T Corp. to give subscribers to AT&T's Internet access service, which launches later this week, the ability to access and sign up to AOL at a reduced rate. The discounted AOL price will be announced later.

"This is the first integrated consumer offer between a leading online service and a major telecommunications provider offering Internet access," AT&T Chairman Robert E. Allen said in a statement Monday.

Steve Case, chairman and chief executive of America Online, said the venture will help it reach the 89 percent of U.S. households who don't currently subscribe to an online service.

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The agreement with Netscape will give AOL a presence on Netscape's Web site for the same purpose of drawing Internet users to its information. The two companies also plan to create information and entertainment opportunities they can jointly promote and draw advertisers.

A browser program is used to find and manipulate information on the World Wide Web. America Online has previously featured its own browser software. But Netscape's Navigator is used by more people who have direct access to the Internet at work or in universities.

On Friday, Netscape announced that its browser software would be used by CompuServe Inc., the No. 2 online service. CompuServe's subscribers previously could use browser software from its Spry subsidiary or Microsoft Corp.

America Online has said it has 5 million subscribers and CompuServe reports 4.5 million subscribers.

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