To: Jenna who wrote (74781 ) 12/9/1999 10:39:00 AM From: bobby is sleepless in seattle Respond to of 120523
...puma...msft/ericy relationship affirms direction of wireless sector anyone know another puma out there???...trading at $5.00...or so??? PUMA Puma Technology, Inc. develops, markets and supports mobile device management and synchronization software designed to improve the productivity of handheld computers, smart phones and other wireless personal communications platforms. For the fiscal year ended 7/31/99, revenues fell 10% to $20 million. Net loss fell 38% to $1.7 million. Results reflect a reduced number of customer-funded engineering service projects, offset by the absence of in-process R&D charges. Microsoft Plans Other Mobile Alliances STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - U.S. software group Microsoft (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) said on Thursday it planned other mobile phone alliances but its deal with Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson (LMEb.ST) was seen as unique. ''There will be other alliances but they will be different,'' Thomas Koll, vice-president of Microsoft network solutions, told Reuters, stressing that a mobile Internet partnership would remain unique. ''But we certainly see partnerships with them (Nokia and Motorola),'' he said in reply to a question. Microsoft and Ericsson said on Wednesday they were forming an alliance to offer and develop Web browsers and e-mail over mobile phones in a ground-breaking deal seen as having spin-off benefits for the entire wireless industry. Koll said that Microsoft had high hopes for its Explorer mobile browser, which is designed to empower Internet-enabled mobile telephones. ''We expect to put it on future phones and we hope to capture a majority of the market,'' he said.