James Delahunty
22 Mar 2005 11:24
Symbian a maker of mobile phone software including Operating Systems has licensed software from Microsoft. This is a sign of growing cooperation from both companies. The London based company has said it will make software that will allow Symbian phones work with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 e-mail, calendar, contacts and other personal-information tools. No licensing terms were disclosed. Symbian-based phones are known as smart phones because they can handle more than average mobile phones including word processing.
The companies have both agreed the deal is to help sell more Symbian phones to corporate clientele. "Symbian and Microsoft together are significantly expanding the number of customers who can directly access their corporate e-mail and (other) data from wireless devices," Dave Thompson, vice president of Microsoft's Exchange Server Product Group, said in a statement. "This will help all Symbian OS licensees meet the needs of the enterprise market," Marit Doving, a Symbian executive vice president, said in statement.
Another big point about this deal is it shows Microsoft might now be less reluctant to work with Nokia. Microsoft has been reluctant to work with Nokia as they are an outsider of the PC software market.
Source:
News.com