But Ross Bagully, CEO of Tribal Voice, a rival, disagrees. He says AOL could pump Time Warner content to its messaging subscribers and lock out other content providers. He cited a deal that AOL announced in February to offer CNN news alerts to ICQ customers. AOL spokeswoman Kathy McKiernan says AOL would also welcome deals offering material from other content providers. Whatever the outcome, the Internet Engineering Task Force is expected to endorse by 2002 a technical communication standard that all the players, including AOL, probably will feel pressured to adopt, Enderle says.
Rivals say that's too long to wait.
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