Microsoft Corp. and Ericsson - strategic partnership to develop and market wireless Internet services - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article

CommunicationsWeek International, Dec 13, 1999

Microsoft Corp. and Ericsson AB announced a strategic partnership to develop and market wireless Internet services based on a combination of Ericsson's Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) stack and Microsoft's Mobile Explorer. However, Ericsson denied it would use Windows CE operating system in its handsets, and said it would continue to work with the Symbian consortium technology EPOC.

Ericsson and Microsoft will form a joint company to market and deliver mobile e-mail solutions for network operators, based on Microsoft Windows NT Server and Exchange. Ericsson will own the majority of the new company.