Six operators to launch LiMo handsets this year February 11, 2009
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Six operators will launch mobile phones based on the LiMo operating system this year, announced the LiMo Foundation, an industry group promoting Linux software for mobile services. The operators planning LiMo devices include NTT Docomo, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. Further active operator participants in the LiMo Foundation include KTF, SFR, Softbank Mobile, Swisscom and Telecom Italia. To date 33 commercial handset models have been certified as LiMo Compliant, of which 10 will be on display at the Mobile World Congress by NEC and Panasonic. LG and Samsung will also show new prototype models at MWC in Barcelona.
The LiMo Foundation also announced that all technologies specified for the R2 release of the LiMo Platform have been contributed on time, and LiMo members are currently introducing reference implementations for devices. The LiMo Reference Implementations will include code specified within both LiMo Platform R1 and LiMo Platform R2. This code includes source code contributions from members as well as components originating from open source communities. LiMo Reference Implementation contributors include Access, Azingo, LG Electronics, Purple Labs and Samsung Electronics. The latest technologies in the LiMo Platform include support for features such as advanced multimedia, location-based services, device management and enhanced security. The LiMo Foundation also announced its endorsement of the OMTP Bondi specification, which future LiMo handsets using a web runtime will support for widgets.
South Korea ends 2008 with 45.6 mln mobile subscribers January 7, 2009
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South Korea ended 2008 with 45.61 million mobile subscribers, up from 48.46 million at end-December 2007, figures from the mobile operators show. SK Telecom led with 52,000 net adds in December 2008, bringing its total to 23.03 million mobile subscribers. Rival KTF ended the month with 14.37 million customers, after adding 36,000 new subscribers. Smallest operator LG Telecom ended the year with 8.21 million subscribers as the company gained 23,303 subscribers in December.
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