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Nokia, IBM Target Mobile Enterprise: Page 3 of 3

If Nokia's competitors can stop the Finnish firm from taking over Symbian, Nokia may not have complete latitude to use the OS as it pleases. If Nokia is successful in acquiring Psion's one-third ownership of Symbian, it will have a 63 percent ownership of the OS. However, according to Reuters, other cell phone manufacturers, like Ericsson, oppose a Nokia takeover and may use their rights to buy up enough Psion shares to block the Nokia move.

IBM has also played a role the Communicator 9500's Wi-Fi capability, adding security and management features to the device. Motorola and Toshiba have announced that they are working on cell phones with Wi-Fi capability.