Mozilla signs on partners in open mobile system push

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xf6Mcp1iWdMFObwQkmLaKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/eeeb9a25443e3be9b28837071fdef9f602e21115.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/mozilla-signs-partners-open-mobile-system-push-155703632.html)Mozilla on Thursday teamed with global partners in a push for open mobile standards as it ramps up its efforts to develop smartphones challenging Google and Apple operating systems. The California-based nonprofit foundation joined Deutsche Telekom, Spain's Telefonica, South Korea's LG, US-based Qualcomm, and Chinese manufacturers ZTE and TCL/Alcatel in creating an Open Web Device Compliance Review Board. The new entity will set technical standards for an open mobile operating system which would be an alternative to the closed systems now used in smartphones based on Apple's iOS or Google's Android.



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