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To: 16yearcycle who wrote (53085)	12/8/1999 7:59:00 AM
From: 16yearcycle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Wednesday December 8, 7:53 am Eastern Time (Note: this article is ''in progress''; there will likely be an update soon.) Ericsson, Microsoft join forces on mobile Internet STOCKHOLM, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Swedish telecoms group Ericsson on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with U.S. software giant Microsoft (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) to help people stay in touch via the Internet and mobile phones while on the move. Following a trade suspension in Ericsson shares, the Swedish company announced it was setting up a joint venture with Microsoft to market ''end-to-end solutions for the wireless Internet'' in the rapidly evolving high-tech and telecoms industries. (Note: this article is ''in progress''; there will likely be an update soon.)

To: 16yearcycle who wrote (53085)	12/8/1999 8:51:00 AM
From: Mats Ericsson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Psion down 40 now 17% in London. Maybe there is more... EPOC-OS developer (for 3rd gen smartphones multimedia OS) under Symbian alliance MOT, Ericy, NOka, Phillips, etc etc takes hit on MSFT/Ericy news.

To: 16yearcycle who wrote (53085)	12/8/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: Mats Ericsson	Respond to of 152472

Psion Plc. down 40% now only 17% in London. Maybe there is more... EPOC-OS developer (for 3rd gen smartphones multimedia OS) under Symbian alliance MOT, Ericy, NOka, Phillips, etc etc takes hit on MSFT/Ericy news. Psion Falls on Concern About Ericsson-Microsoft Pact (Update1) Psion Falls on Concern About Ericsson-Microsoft Pact (Update1) (Adds Ericsson committed to Symbian, in 2nd paragraph.) London, Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Psion Plc's shares fell as much as 40 percent on concern that a wireless Internet joint venture between Ericsson AB and Microsoft Corp. would threaten a venture with the U.K. palmtop company. Psion shares fell as much as 1,205.5 pence to 1800 after Ericsson said today it will form a wireless venture with Microsoft, the world biggest software company. Psion shares then rebounded to 2600 after Ericsson said it remains committed to Psion's Symbian joint venture, created last year with Ericsson, Nokia Oyj and Motorola Inc. Ericsson, the No. 3 mobile phone maker, said it will own the majority of the Microsoft venture and use Microsoft's Mobile Explorer in some phones. That could threaten Psion's efforts to compete with Microsoft as phone, software and Internet companies turn their focus to mobile data products that hook up to the Internet. Psion and 3Com Corp.'s Palm Computing, the top two producers of hand-held computers, agreed in October to make their software compatible as they battle Microsoft. At the same time, Nokia Oyj, the biggest mobile phone company, agreed to license Palm's software to add pen-based products in addition to its mobile devices that use Psion's. Symbian's Epoc and 3Com's PalmOS software use less power and memory than Windows CE, a slimmed-down version of Microsoft's Windows software that runs 90 percent of the world's PCs. That makes Epoc and PalmOS