Todays Chicago Tribune has Mot joining forces with Nokia and Ericy in this article.
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By joining with the two companies, Motorola may be seeking to counter the growing success enjoyed by the new wireless phones launched by Qualcomm Communications, a California upstart, Jubber said.
"This places Motorola firmly in the non-Qualcomm camp for standards-setting purposes," Jubber said.
Qualcomm's second-generation wireless operating system had been promoted by Motorola originally, but the two became rivals when Qualcomm launched its own line of phone products.
Motorola, Nokia and Ericsson may not enjoy teaming up with each other, but they have little choice, analysts said.
"We know there must be standards that enable these information devices to interact with each other seamlessly," said Jeffrey Kagan, an Atlanta-based telecommunications analyst. "Customers won't buy them otherwise.
"But the real question is whose technologies will be adopted as the standard. That's the question in play right now, and that drives these deals."
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