Jun 96 Phone.Com offers Internet services on cell phones.
Jun 97 Phone.Com co-founds Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) to generate Internet wireless standards. Includes Alcatel, AT/&T, Ericsson, France Telecom, IBM, INTEL, Motorola, NEC, Nortel, Philips, Siemens, Sony, and Spyglass.
Jan 99 Sun announces JINI.
Mar 99 A global alliance formed to forge a common Java-based software method for linking consumer and small-business appliances to the Internet. Includes Alcatel, Ericsson, IBM, Oracle, Lucent, Motorola, Nortel, Philips, and Sun.