Microsoft is to put MSN content, including Hotmail, onto OpenWave's V7 software, potentially bringing it in front of many millions of mobile phone users. The deal gives users offline access to Hotmail, MSN Messenger and Passport services. OpenWave is best known for the most popular, but least-used, piece of software in the world, in the form of its WAP browser. Its ambitious, and very slick V7 software was launched here in Cannes last year, and is positioned by the company as a 'platform'. We guess this deal proves it is.
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