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To: elmatador who wrote (3855)	9/3/2001 10:03:26 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) of 46821

Ericsson Opens Handset Market, Sets New Direction for Technology By DAVID PRINGLE Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Mobile phones capable of downloading video clips and Internet pages might not prove to be the money-spinners that handset manufacturers were hoping for. Telefon L.M. AB Ericsson's announcement Friday that it will license its handset technology to all comers, and a similar move by Motorola Inc. in July, threatens to turn advanced third-generation handsets into commodity items even before the market takes off. The first third-generation handsets, which will take advantage of the high-speed wireless networks being built by mobile operators, are expected to appear on the European market late next year. Ericsson has been licensing some of its wireless technology to a few select companies since the beginning of the year, but now it is creating a new unit, called Ericsson Mobile Platforms, that will license a wide range of handset technology to any manufacturer. Crucially, the new unit is prepared to license the complex radio technology needed for third-generation phones, which isn't readily available elsewhere. Continued at: interactive.wsj.com

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