Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, NEC, Samsung, Panasonic and Motorola are joining forces to work on an open source operating system for mobile phones based on Linux
Operators and handset makers set up not-for-profit organisation to share development costs

Mobile operators back Linux

Major players plan to save on cost of developing other programs

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Phone inventor urges cheaper calls

Data calls should be at least a tenth of the price, says Dr Martin Cooper 13 Feb 2008

Nokia and friends give Symbian a boost

Mobile firms team up to combat growing competition from Linux, Google, Microsoft and Apple 24 Jun 2008

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