Mobile Net could draw Nokia, Microsoft closer
C|Net | at | by Mike
Are mobile software rivals Nokia and Microsoft calling a truce?
The two companies became competitors in 1999, when Microsoft introduced a cell phone version of Windows to take on Nokia's operating system. But the companies' participation in an effort to set up a mobile Internet, announced Wednesday, is a sign that those once-icy feelings are thawing.
As previously reported, Nokia and Microsoft are among nine companies that want to create a for-profit registry for mobile Web addresses. The as-yet unnamed business is the first time the world's largest handset maker and the PC software king have been willing to take prominent roles in the same venture, according to sources.