Mobile phone developers are scrambling to ensure that the openness of the Linux operating system does not anger telecoms regulators
End users could cause problems by tampering with Linux handsets

Linux phones will lock down users

Regulators and operators seek to tame the open beast

Written by Tom Sanders at LinuxWorld in San Francisco

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