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| | Mobile phone alliance marches ahead | CNET News.com |
 | | The Open Mobile Alliance itself was created by the merger of two other groups promoting standard ways for cell phones to exchange data such as e-mails: the Open Mobile Architecture initiative, created by Nokia last year, and the more established WAP Forum, of which Microsoft is a member. |
 | | But it joined the Open Mobile Alliance six months ago, with the intention of becoming a driving force behind the group that wants to standardize different areas of wireless data, including mobile Web browsing, messages that contain media attachments, digital rights management, and mobile content downloads, Wehrs said. |
 | | The Open Mobile Alliance believes in open standards, rather than proprietary standards like CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), which Qualcomm owns the patents to, said Jerry Upton, Motorola's vice president of strategy and standards. |
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