Driving Convergence

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DrivingConvergence

• Harel Kodesh
• Vice President
• Productivity Appliances Division
• Microsoft Corporation

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Microsoft Vision

• Information Access Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device
• Deliver the enabling software
• Accelerate the deployment of wireless data
  services through partnerships with Operators,
  Service Providers, and Mobile Handset Vendors

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Myths Realities

• Myth 1
• Microsoft has a hidden agenda
• Myth 2
• Microsoft is not ready to contribute to the
  commercialization of WAP based devices and
  services
• Myth 3
• Microsoft has no plans to truly contribute to the
  WAP forum
• Myth 4
• There is a single Internet standard for phones,
  PDAs, Laptops, and PCs

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Microsoft Agenda

• Myth 1
• Microsoft has a hidden agenda

• Reality
• Microsofts agenda is to work with the WAP Forum
  to drive convergence
• We are working closely with key industry groups
  like W3C and IETF

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Microsoft Product Plans

• Myth 2
• Microsoft is not ready to contribute to the
  commercialization of WAP based devices and
  services

• Reality
• Microsoft is developing a complete suite of
  products that support the WAP Protocols
• Clients Microsoft Microbrowser Technology,
  Windows CE
• Servers Microsoft ICSA and Exchange
• Services MSN Mobile and Wirelessknowledge

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Microsoft Mobile Phone Technology

• Feature Phone Solution
• Dual Mode
• WTLS security
• Full Graphics
• Push
• Smart Phone Solution
• WAP capable
• 2.5G and 3G ready
• Supports core standards like SSL and PPTP

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Mobile Internet Servers

• Microsoft Internet Cellular Smart Access
• Carrier-class mobile email server
• WAP support in version 3.5
• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server timeframe
• Platform for delivering business data to mobile
  professionals
• Natively supports Internet standards
• HTTP, HTTP-DAV, XML, etc
• WML rendering support
• Architected to support 3rd-party WAP gateways

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Mobile Internet Services

• MSN Mobile
• MSN Mobile renders to any popular mobile device
  using WML, HTML, etc.
• MSN Mobile consumes content in standard XML
  format to deliver
• web-based applications hotmail, messenger,
  passport authorization wallet.
• personalized content financial accounts, travel
  itineraries, local news, weather, sports,
  directory services, entertainment.
• Wirelessknowledge
• Services providing secure corporate access
• Host Microsoft Exchange mailboxes
• Transport independent

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WAP Forum Contribution

• Reality
• Microsoft is participating in the WAP Working
  Groups
• Generating Input Papers
• Continue to work with key industry groups like
  the W3C and IETF to promote and drive convergence

• Myth 3
• Microsoft has no plans to truly contribute to the
  WAP forum

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Industry Challenges

• Success depends on managing the following
  challenges
• Message to Content and Application Developers
• Accelerating the convergence

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Developer Message

• Myth 4
• There is a single Internet standard for phones,
  PDAs, Laptops, and PCs

• Reality
• WAP is well suited for Mobile Phones
• XML is the convergence for WAP Forum and W3C

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W3C/WAP/ATSC
Processor power
W3C
W3C
bandwidth
ATSC
WAP
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Summary

• Convergence to Internet standards is key to
  enable quicker adoption of wireless data services
• Interoperability is key
• Microsoft will participate in working groups and
  help drive towards convergence

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Moving Forward

• Microsoft will deliver the best WAP enabled
  products to Operators and Mobile Phone Vendors in
  CY00

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