The latest in cutting edge wireless technologies on display this week focus mainly on making them friendly for the enterprise.

At this week's GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the hot topics include digital rights management for wireless technology, browsers that can handle bigger pages on smaller devices (driven by a Linux operating system) and a utility for viewing or editing native Microsoft Office documents on Symbian mobile devices.

In addition, there were a flurry of major announcements including deals between mobile messaging vendor Openwave and MSN and between Motorola and Microsoft.

Microsoft kicked things off with an announcement that Openwave plans to include its MSN Mobile software in its Openwave Phone Suite V7 phone software platform providing a way for manufacturers to rapidly add MSN Mobile software -- including MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger. The companies say it gives mobile operators the means to deliver these leading communications services to their subscribers.

"This announcement is a significant win for MSN Messenger, which has lagged behind AOL and Yahoo in wireless IM deployments," Clint Wheelock, director of wireless Research at IN-STAT/MDR told internetnews.com. "The major U.S. carriers have been ramping up their wireless IM programs over the past 6-8 months, taking advantage of the booming SMS market to drive additional data usage and revenues, but thus far Verizon Wireless is the only carrier using MSN."

Openwave also said an additional 7 manufacturers were shipping its Messaging Client version 6.0.client software, building on some 500 million phones running its software worldwide.

Meanwhile, San Diego-based QUALCOMM announced a new digital rights management (DRM) solution for its SecureMSM security suite, which enables operators and content developers to deliver copyright-protected digital media over wireless networks.

"Enhanced DRM for wireless opens up revenue generating opportunities for operators and content developers alike -- and addresses consumer demand for wireless devices that give them the premium content they expect from their infotainment experience," Luis Pineda, vice president of marketing and product management for QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies said in a statement.

"We expect that mobile multimedia services, including video and music, will be some of the key demand drivers behind worldwide W-CDMA network rollouts over the next couple of years. Since reliable DRM platforms are critical to the availability of media content, this announcement is a big step forward. With the SecureMSM announcement, QUALCOMM is also strengthening its position within the standards-focused OMA community," Wheelock said.