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Samsung-Symbian deal is a blow to Microsoft
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 07:17:24 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Peter Kingsland <peter.kingsland () bwcs com> Organization: BWCS Ltd Reply-To: Peter Kingsland <peter.kingsland () bwcs com> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:11:46 +0000 To: dave () farber net Subject: RE: Samsung-Symbian deal is a blow to Microsoft Dave We covered this one on Monday... Good News, Bad News For Microsoft (17/02/2003, BWCS staff) Microsoft has succeeded in winning a fourth mobile operator customer for its wireless software platform, but its key vendor partner, Samsung, has invested in Symbian's rival technology. Germany's T-Mobile has agreed to buy Microsoft handsets manufactured by its Taiwanese contractor High Tech. The operator will begin offering the new devices to its subscribers during the second quarter of 2003. The multimedia handsets are expected to be similar in design to Orange's SPV Microsoft device. Since its launch in December last year, Orange has sold around 40,000 SPVs but the handset is being outsold by nearly 10-to-1 by devices supporting Vodafone's Live! multimedia platform. Other mobile operators currently offering Microsoft handsets include AT&T Wireless and the Filipino service provider Smart. Microsoft's success with mobile operators is in sharp contrast to its failure to win the support of the major mobile vendors. The Korean manufacturer Samsung, which has become a rising star in the handset sector, has been the only top vendor to adopt Microsoft's mobile software. However, according to Reuters, Samsung has now paid US$27 million for a 5% stake in Microsoft's main rival Symbian. The deal marks a major coup for Symbian as it means it now has the backing of the five largest mobile vendors in the world. For Microsoft the investment will undermine market confidence in its ability to really take on the big boys in the mobile sector. http://www.bwcs.com/marketing/index2.html ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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