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Nokia Corp. and IBM Corp. have agreed to collaborate in providing secure mobile phone applications to enterprises in a move that could help the Finnish manufacturer penetrate the corporate market.

Nokia Corp. and IBM Corp. have agreed to collaborate in providing secure mobile phone applications to enterprises in a move that could help the Finnish manufacturer penetrate the corporate market.

Germany

By supplying data necessary to run volume production, Xilinx Inc. could help IBM Corp. and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) become the first companies in the world to make 90-nanometer (0.9 micron) chips commercially available in the second half of 2003, the companies said Monday in separate statements.

IBM Corp. claims to have developed the world's smallest working silicon transistor. At six nanometers in length the new transistor is at least 10 times smaller than state-of-the-art transistors in production today, the company said in a statement Monday.

IBM Corp. has agreed to acquire Rational Software Corp. for US$2.1 billion, the companies said Friday.

Newly-appointed Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Executive Officer Kai-Uwe Ricke has followed through on a promise to streamline the company