Paul Mooney

Steve Ballmer 3GSM Keynote

February 14, 2006 | 2:00 P.M. CET

In a live keynote from the 3GSM World Congress, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will highlight the company’s latest innovations and partnerships as well as share some insights on the company’s strategies and approaches that will enable more opportunities for mobile operators and device manufacturers to deliver exciting features and solutions for consumers and mobile workers alike.

View Steve Ballmer’s keynote via a live webcast

Mobile Search

Microsoft Acquires Mobile Search Technology Provider MotionBridge    Pouvez-vous me trouver maintenant ?

A big day at 3GSM World Congress 2006 as Microsoft announced the acquisition of MotionBridge, a leading provider of search technology designed specifically for mobile operators and the mobile Internet. MotionBridge, based in Paris, is a worldwide leader in mobile search technology that is currently available to customers through contacts with major mobile communications companies in Europe and North America.

The emerging field of mobile search is strategically important and crucial to delivering on our vision for Windows Live™ of providing a seamless and rich information experience for individuals and businesses across devices,” said Christopher Payne, corporate vice president of MSN Search at Microsoft. “With MotionBridge, we are excited to continue to offer mobile operators the tools to maximize the value of their content and data networks, and provide a powerful search engine for mobile users. By combining the mobile search solutions of MotionBridge with Microsoft mobile search instruments such as local and Web search, we will provide mobile operators and consumers with an even richer search experience.

The MotionBridge technology brings superior simplicity for users, delivering clustered results and deep links to downloadable content from multiple providers with device filtering.

Besides the continued support of existing services and customers, the MotionBridge and Microsoft search teams plan to move forward on mobile search solutions for Windows Live to provide rich and seamless information experiences to individuals and small businesses, enabling mobile users to quickly find relevant search results on the Internet.   Pouvez-vous me trouver maintenant ?

Mobile Messaging

Microsoft Announces Global Partner Support for its Mobile Messaging Solutions

Device and server offerings designed to help lower costs for businesses.

Today at 3GSM World Congress 2006, Microsoft along with its mobile operator and device-maker partners announced a broad range of services and Windows Mobile based devices for business customers to cost-effectively deploy mobile messaging solutions. Leveraging the integration between Direct Push technology in Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2), businesses can mobilize their employees on a unified infrastructure without the requirement to pay for additional and costly e-mail servers. This same technology is now available for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server and is also offered as a hosted service by a number of mobile operators around the world.

Successfully addressing the mobility demands of today’s business market requires a combination of powerful networks, breadth and choice of applications, and clear answers to business issues of usability, return on investment and systems integration,” said Andre Stark, executive vice president of International Business Marketing at T-Mobile. “The Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 complements T-Mobile’s successful suite of Microsoft-based solutions with a compelling messaging product that addresses these critical business needs while delivering mobile professionals much more than simple mobile e-mail. In alliance with Microsoft, we have an opportunity to strengthen our business customer portfolio and deliver another very powerful mobile business solution

What was the name of that wireless email service; Blueberry, Raspberry or was it Huckleberry? That service is much more expensive then this new service, soon everybody will be accessing there Outlook email and RSS Feeds everywhere.

Direct Push technology added to Windows Mobile 5.0 gives customers faster access to all of their Microsoft Office Outlook information; just like prior versions of Windows Mobile, it communicates directly with Microsoft Exchange Server and Windows Small Business Server without the need for additional and costly e-mail servers and middleware. When combined with a library of over 18,000 specialty applications, Windows Mobile phones — now offered by 47 device-makers and 100 mobile operators in 55 countries — the anytime anywhere on any device vision is becoming a reality.....this is exciting! .