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To: Clarksterh who wrote (32474)	6/16/1999 9:53:00 PM
From: w molloy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

*OT* "DoCoMo Sides With Palm In PDA Race" (thanks to Meng on the COMS thread) By a staff reporter 15 June 1999 NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile company, has signed a deal with 3Com Corp. to work towards making DoCoMo services operate with 3Com's Palm series of handheld devices. The Japanese operator, a subsidiary of domestic telecoms giant NTT, will share technical information with 3Com. DoCoMo will give 3Com the specs of its wireless data technology, while 3Com will supply its Japanese partner with the details of both the Palm platform and the wireless applications 3Com is developing for it. While nothing is carved in stone -- the agreement speaks only of "promoting... tie-ups aimed at developing new products and services" -- the target is the development of providing a joint wireless data service and data solutions business. The two companies also plan to work together to promote mobile multimedia services. 3Com is just beginning to push its army of customers -- the Palm series is one of the most popular handhelds worldwide -- into wireless data. Till now, Palm users who wanted wireless connectivity had to clip a modem onto the base of the device and then connect it to a mobile phone. Now, though, 3Com is trialling a new model with built-in cellular communications, the Palm VII, in New York over the next few months alongside its own wireless-only Internet service provider, Palm.Net. The trials could provide a model for similar ventures -- such as one with DoCoMo -- elsewhere.