"In the last six months all of the carriers have dramatically increased their interest" in developing Wi-Fi services, said Mark Christensen, vice president and director of Intel Capital's Communication Sector. "802.11 is almost taking off on its own without help from the industry. It reminds me of the '80s when (software maker) Novell took off.". Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, Monday's announcement from Samsung means all five of the world's top phone makers--Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Samsung and Siemens--have licensed the Symbian operating system, which makes the software company the dominant player in that market, Symbian the fabric of life (alternative) iphone case Vice President Peter Bancroft said, "Look at the evidence of the numbers," he said, The five handset makers are also investors in the company created four years ago to sell the Symbian operating system to phone makers..

Two of those same top five have licensed something other than Symbian for future smart phones. Siemens licensed a version of Microsoft's phone operating system, according to Microsoft. Samsung now licenses all three competing operating systems, a Samsung representative said. The phone Samsung intends to build will use handset maker Nokia's Series 60 user interface, which Samsung recently licensed. Samsung did not provide additional details about how much the phone would cost or when it would be available.

Symbian's operating system is already inside Nokia's 9290 Communicator phone, which costs $599 and is on sale in the United States, Nokia sells the 9290 Communicator through its Web site and CompUSA, Wireless carriers Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile Wireless are offering service for the device, Ed Suwanjindar, a product manager for Microsoft's mobile the fabric of life (alternative) iphone case division, downplayed the Samsung licensing deal, "In the absence of Symbian products, they seem to be delivering quite a few press releases," he said..

The licensing agreement gives Symbian more momentum in its battle against Microsoft and PalmSource to power the next generations of wireless phones, the company says. The licensing agreement gives Symbian more momentum in its battle against Microsoft and PalmSource to power the next generations of wireless phones, according to Symbian. Operating systems from Symbian, PalmSource and Microsoft combine the functions of a cell phone and a personal digital assistant. These so-called smart phones are beginning to trickle into the world's wireless market.