Microsoft to stick with licensing fees for Windows Mobile

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Microsoft (MSFT.O) plans to continue charging licensing fees from handset makers for using its mobile operating system and not follow the free offerings of Google and Nokia, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.

The pressure on Microsoft's high licensing fees has increased over 2008 with Google (GOOG.O) rolling out free Android technology and Nokia (NOK1V.HE) offering to buy out others from Symbian and also make its software royalty-free.

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