Intel, Dell, Others to Create Wireless Web Standards (Update1)
By Cesca Antonelli
Santa Clara, California, Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp., Dell Computer Corp. and eight other companies formed an alliance to develop standards to make it easier for business professionals to get on the Web through wireless gear.
Intel and others in 1996 started the Mobile Data Initiative to examine some cell phone systems. The so-called MDI Next Generation will create standards for security, reliability and ease of use for a range of handheld gadgets, the companies said in a release distributed by Business Wire.
Hardware makers, software developers and system operators need to work closely together to boost the number of features for the increasingly popular devices, the companies said. The new group will address how different devices access cell phone systems and focus on other technologies like wireless local area networks.
Other members include BT Cellnet, France Telecom SA, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Motorola Inc., Siemens Mobile, Sonera Oyj and Toshiba Corp.
Shares of Santa Clara, California-based Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, fell 69 cents to 64.69. Dell fell 56 cents to 38.31, while Hewlett-Packard fell 7 to 114 on the New York Stock Exchange and Motorola fell 50 cents to 33.50.
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