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Microsoft to announce new phone software: sources
03:53 PM EST


SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to announce new mobile phone
software on Monday, according to sources close to the company, as it looks
to wrestle back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone and Research in Motion
Ltd's BlackBerry.

The world's largest software company, which makes operating systems for
phones made by HTC Corp, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Motorola Inc and
others, is hoping to regain momentum in the fast-growing sector after a
lackluster update to its mobile software in October.

The overhaul of Microsoft's phone technology comes as it hemorrhages market
share in the burgeoning smartphone market, which many see as the key to the
future of communication and media.

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