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Verizon shuns Android for LiMo: related news
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An anonymous reader brings news that Verizon Wireless has announced plans to use a Linux-based software platform for phones on its network. Verizon is the first US mobile carrier to join the Linux Mobile Foundation, the goal of which is to "collaboratively develop a comprehensive Linux-based mobile software stack that can be modified easily and used at no cost on a wide range of hardware devices." Many had expected Verizon to go with Android, but according to the Register, Verizon feels Android "isn't as open as it would prefer." Continuing: "Yes, Google bills Android as open. And, yes, it's backed by the Open Handset Alliance, another industry consortium calling for the open development of mobile apps. But [Verizon spokesman Jeffrey] Nelson argues that at this point, Google is calling the shots.
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via Slashdot @ 11:22 16th May
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Earlier this week, Verizon Wireless joined the LiMo Foundation as a core member and took a seat on the organization's board of directors. It said it will use the LiMo Linux Platform as its preferred Linux OS in future devices, and implied that Google is too controlling over Android.
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via Information Week @ 13:12 16th May
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Verizon on Thursday responded to Google's filing, allegedly spinning the situation that Google – not Verizon – is trying to "change the rules" of the now-closed auction. The response comes to a filing with the FCC, where Google claims Verizon is not going to live up to the terms of a truly open network. It fears that, if left unchecked, open devices such as Google's Android platform would be deadlocked with Verizon, despite the open nature of the portion of the 700MHz spectrum Verizon won.
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via Electronista @ 23:33 10th May
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Google got a lot of attention last fall when it announced the creation of the Open Handset Alliance, a coalition of companies committed to supporting open standards for mobile devices (particularly Google’s Android). However, there had already been another similar Linux coalition developed in January 2007 which had similar goals but didn’t achieve backing in America. That has now changed as Verizon Wireless has shown its support for the LiMo Foundation, possibly preferred in favor to supporting Google’s Android.
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via Broadband Reports @ 22:35 17th May
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Verizon Snubs Google's Linux-based Android Initiative to Go With the LiMo Foundation's Mobile Linux Spec
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via Enterprise Open Source Magazine @ 6:17 17th May
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Verizon Snubs Google's Linux-based Android Initiative to Go With the LiMo Foundation's Mobile Linux Spec
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via Java Developers Journal @ 17:59 15th May
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Google urged U.S. regulators to prevent Verizon Wireless from excluding the carrier's mobile phones from open-access rules that apply to airwaves Verizon bought for $4.7 billion in a government auction. The Federal Communications Commission shouldn't grant Verizon the nationwide set of licenses, known as the C-block, unless the company guarantees that its devices will let subscribers use the network to download any legal program, Google said in a May 2 petition. The FCC's C-block rules, backed by Google and consumer advocates, require Verizon to let any device or program run on the airwaves, breaking a wireless-carrier tradition of limiting the products they support. Verizon Wireless has said it will exceed the FCC's expectations in building a network that is open to any device or application.
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via The Mercury News @ 3:08 7th May
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via The Register @ 11:33 15th May
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Verizon Wireless and Mozilla have signed on with the LiMo Foundation, a consortium developing a Linux-based mobile platform to rival Google's Android.
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via Design Technica @ 19:07 14th May
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Mobile carrier Verizon Wireless has joined the Linux Mobile (LiMo) Foundation and has announced plans to adopt the open source software platform. Linux-based phones will be available from Verizon next year, alongside other devices that run competing proprietary operating systems.
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via ArsTechnica @ 14:53 15th May
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An anonymous reader writes "Verizon and Comcast announced they will not 'block or throttle Internet traffic delivered via peer-to-peer networks' — essentially proclaiming that they are now P2P friendly. The decision came as a result of a test conducted with Verizon and Pando Networks, testing the benefits of a P2P/ISP partnership. During the test, the amount of P2P content delivered to Verizon subscribers from inside its network grew from 2 percent to 50 percent. This shows ISPs need to work with P2P companies to improve content delivery and manage traffic. Verizon also announced it will be looking at ways to use P2P technology to deploy new features on FiOS TV." Just the same, read on for one approach to mitigating likely tightening restrictions on P2P network use.
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via Slashdot @ 15:01 22nd May
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Forbes has published an interview with LiMo Foundation executive director Morgan Gillis. The LiMo chief speaks out on Nokia's acquisition of Symbian, competition with Android, the fold-in of the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, and a projected 10 new LiMo handsets to be announced this month.
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via Linux Devices @ 14:33 3rd Jul
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Ian Lamont writes "Google is so worried about Verizon Wireless's commitment to open access using the 700Mhz spectrum, that it's asked the FCC to get a pledge from Verizon that the carrier will honor the FCC's open-access conditions before the FCC sells it the band. Verizon won the auction for the nationwide C block of the 700MHz spectrum, but Google points to Verizon's alleged attempts to abandon the conditions, including a filing with the FCC that said the the commission 'could not force the C block winner to allow all applications on the network.' Could this be another expanding front in the Net Neutrality battle, or is time for the carriers to accept the fact that Net Neutrality is essentially a done deal, and carriers need to prepare for the next battle — developing software and services to run on open networks?" The IP Democracy bl
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via Slashdot @ 16:26 6th May
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Verizon today took further steps to promote its image as an open carrier by announcing it would join the LiMo Foundation, an industry group dedicated to developing and promoting Linux on cellphones. The US cell provider takes the last seat on the Foundation's board of directors alongside handset makers such as Motorola and Samsung as well as NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone, and claims to be a "champion" of openness in the process.
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via Electronista @ 1:00 15th May
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Verizon has signed up as the final member on the board of directors of the LiMo Foundation, a group founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone “to deliver an open and globally consistent software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use by the whole industry to catalyze next-generation mobile consumer experiences.”
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via LWN @ 20:11 17th May
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The Mozilla Foundation has joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system (LiMo) expected to rival Google's Android.
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via Mac User @ 4:49 15th May
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As mobile telecoms slowly embrace Linux and Google's Android many are keeping at least one wary eye on a safe exit with LiMo.
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via TelecomAsia.net @ 6:16 10th Jun
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As mobile telecoms slowly embrace Linux and Google's Android, many are keeping at least one wary eye on a safe exit with LiMo.
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via SearchNetworking.com @ 10:26 24th May
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Verizon Wireless has announced that it will concentrate future operating system design on the LiMo Foundation rather than Google's Android platform.
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via Personal Computer World @ 11:20 16th May
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Verizon Wireless has announced that it will concentrate future operating system design on the LiMo Foundation rather than Google's Android platform.
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via PC Magazine UK @ 8:11 16th May
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Verizon Wireless has announced that it will concentrate future operating system design on the LiMo Foundation rather than Google's Android platform.
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via Infomatics @ 8:11 16th May
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Verizon Wireless has announced that it will concentrate future operating system design on the LiMo Foundation rather than Google's Android platform.
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via Yahoo! UK and Ireland @ 7:35 16th May
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Verizon Wireless has announced that it will concentrate future operating system design on the LiMo Foundation rather than Google's Android platform.
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via VNUNet.com @ 5:24 16th May
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Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) confirmed today that it will support the Linux mobile-phone operating system, and join the LiMo Foundation as a core member, signaling its commitment to the platform. As part of the announcement, LiMo announced a list of other new supporters, including SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), Infineon Technologies, Kvaleberg, Mozilla, Red Bend Software, Sagem Mobiles, and SFR. Releases.
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via MocoNews.net @ 5:14 16th May
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Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) is close to announcing the support for Linux-based mobile phones to push forward the company’s “Any Apps, Any Device” open-access agenda, Unstrung reports. The Linux platform is being developed in part by the efforts of the LiMo Foundation, which is supported by companies like Motorola (NYSE: MOT), NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), Vodafone and Samsung. Tomorrow, the LiMo Foundation has a conference call scheduled for early morning, saying the purpose is to announce the addition of several strategic new members; and will feature the foundation’s executive director in addition to a senior executive from a U.S. operator.
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via MocoNews.net @ 23:50 13th May
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