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Alcatel in pact with Sun Microsystems for Internet terminals

PARIS (Reuters) - French telecom equipment group Alcatel said Monday 20 December it had struck a partnership with Sun Microsystems for the development of hardware and software platforms for consumer Internet applications.

No financial details were given. Alcatel is already using Sun's Java software language for its Internet Screen Phone, due to hit the market next year. The company said the combination of its expertise in voice and data communications, global system integration and network based applications and Sun's software and technology
would lead to a new breed of devices enabling consumers to use the Internet without a personal computer.

Editor's note:

Developments like this have an impact on Information Society projects, content developers and health care information providers to consumers across Europe.