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| | PCWorld.com - Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola Team on Mobile IM |
 | | The new mobile instant messaging protocol will be based on existing technologies, such as Extensible Markup Language, Short Message Service and its successor Multimedia Message Service, and other protocols such as Wireless Application Protocol and Session Initiation Protocol, the companies say. |
 | | Wireless Village was established to define and promote a set of universal specifications for mobile instant messaging services. |
 | | The Wireless Village initiative, chaired by Nokia's Director of Messaging Frank Dawson, intends to deliver architectural, protocol, and test specifications and tools for instant messaging and presence services by the end of this year. |
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