[Microsoft to provide software for Motorola handsets running on Orange's wireless network.]

Seattle -- "Microsoft Corp. will provide software for Motorola Inc.'s cell phones for sale to customers of Orange, France Telecom's wireless carrier, the French telephone company said on Thursday.

A deal with Motorola, which recently unloaded its 19 percent stake in Symbian, a Microsoft competitor in mobile phone software, would represent a significant step for the world's largest software maker, which is trying to penetrate the market for mobile phone operating systems."

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