<< ... Nokia has formed a series of partnerships to take advantage of the interest in wireless Internet technology and maintain its lead over rivals in the race to sell a new breed of Internet-ready cellular phones to consumers.>>
The Wall Street Journal - Tech News April 27, 2000
Dow Jones Newswires
<< Matti Alahuhta, president of Nokia Mobile Phones, has said that the number of mobile Internet-enabled devices will exceed the number of Internet-connected personal computers by as early as 2003.
On Wednesday, Symbian PLC, a joint venture between Psion PLC and mobile-phone giants Nokia, Motorola Inc., LM Ericsson Telephone Co. and Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., announced deals with Sony Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. to put the alliance's EPOC operating system in next-generation wireless phones. Psion developed the EPOC operating system, which competes with Palm Inc.'s software and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE.
Nokia also recently reached an agreement with Sweden's Telefon AB, Ericsson and Motorola to develop industry standards for secure mobile electronic transactions to encourage more people to use their wireless phones for electronic commerce.
In February, Nokia and Amazon.com Inc. formed an alliance to provide mobile access in the United Kingdom to the online retailer's electronic-commerce services using Nokia's Internet-enabled mobile phones.
Ericsson has estimated that by 2004, one billion people will use mobile phones and some 600 million world-wide will subscribe to mobile Internet services.>>
Source: the Wall Street Journal 2000-04-27
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