The discussion about interoperability will move in a short term to a whole new discussion. In the mobile market there are already other parties who make direct deals with the telecom operators. Companies like Splendo already launched Jabber clients for J2ME and i-mode devices. http://www.splendo.com AOL can't force every operator and device manufacturer in the world to embed AIM or ICQ. On your phone you can only use one messsenger at the same time. Third party software like the MiMessenger is currently the best solution for the operators.
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The discussion about interoperability will move in a short term to a whole new discussion. In the mobile market there are already other parties who make direct deals with the telecom operators.
Companies like Splendo already launched Jabber clients for J2ME and i-mode devices. http://www.splendo.com
AOL can't force every operator and device manufacturer in the world to embed AIM or ICQ. On your phone you can only use one messsenger at the same time. Third party software like the MiMessenger is currently the best solution for the operators.