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To: Jenna who wrote (65847)	10/12/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: kumqwatt	Respond to of 120523

Technology News Tue, 12 Oct 1999, 3:16pm EDT Oracle and Motorola Team Up to Bring Internet Content to Moble Telephones By Adri den Broeder Oracle, Motorola Team in Online Venture Using Phones (Update1) (Adds Ellison comment in 4th paragraph. Updates shares.) Geneva, Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp., the biggest database software maker, and Motorola Inc., the world's No. 2 cellular-phone maker, are teaming up in a venture to bring Internet content to mobile phones. Oracle's Portal-to-Go software, together with Motorola's voice-based VoxML system, will put corporate and Web-based information on a mobile phone, the companies said. Motorola's software accepts voice commands to enter or retrieve information. Oracle's product manages, customizes and delivers Internet content to any wireless device. Companies are racing to offer products that add Internet applications to cellular phones. The Oracle and Motorola versions, combined with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Jini, also transform the mobile phone into a remote control. It's a step toward creating one device that can turn on the coffee machine, buy theater tickets, check bank accounts or buy and sell stocks. ''The mobile is the remote control that will give us access to the Internet,'' Larry Ellison, chief executive of Oracle, said at the Telecom '99 exhibition in Geneva. Motorola's VoxML language is already used in 300 million phones. Sun's Jini allows devices to participate in a network regardless of their hardware or software. Oracle rose 1 1/8 to 47 1/4 in midmorning trading, while Motorola rose 1 to 97 5/8. ©1999 Bloomberg L.P. All rights reserved. Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Trademarks.