The Hindu Business Line
International Business Machines Corp is developing technology for mobile devices and holding discussions with wireless service providers. IBM is talking with virtually every large carrier, including AT&T Inc., Vodafone Group Plc and France Telecom SA, about Web programs and services, said Paul Bloom, head of telecommunications research, in an interview.
AT&T is the exclusive US carrier for Apple Inc's iPhone. The mobile Web can provide a new growth engine for IBM, Bloom said. Global shipments of smart phones, those with advanced Web and e-mail features, increased 22 percent last year, double the pace of personal computers, researcher IDC said. Until now, IBM had limited activity in wireless, such as formatting its Lotus software for some smart phones, he said.
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