Nokia, Sony to Create Mobile Device Standards

Nokia, the world’s largest cellular phone maker, and consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. said they will work together to create a set of open standards for interoperability between mobile devices.

At the Comdex technology trade show in Las Vegas, Sony President and Chief Operating Officer Kunitake Ando said the two sides will seek to create standards for content downloads, user interfaces, digital rights management and messaging services.

Nokia and Sony said they also will work to make mobile devices cross-compatible with other consumer electronic devices. The results of their work would be available to other manufacturers.

But Mario Tokoro, chief technology officer for Sony, said U.S. cell phone maker Motorola Inc. would not be included in Sony and Nokia’s joint efforts.