Open Networks, Open Platforms Seen As Mobile Industry's Future
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| Google's Android operating system and VoIP applications like Skype will be
| major contributors, a panel of communications experts predicts.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903247&subSection=News
Also:
The Essential Guide to Open-Source VoIP
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| Open-source VoIP development shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, the
| field of available technologies is likely to continue growing, with new
| technologies arriving and older offerings being updated on a continual basis.
| One place to keep an eye on new and cutting-edge VoIP technologies is
| theeComm Conference 2008.
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http://www.voip-news.com/feature/essential-guide-open-source-voip-031208/
Funambol Does Mobile Social Networking, Open Source Style
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| Code Sniper is Funambol’s community program that rewards developers
| with monetary bounties to work on open source projects that benefit mobile
| users around the globe.
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http://mobilitysite.com/2008/03/funambol-does-mobile-social-networking-open-source-style/
Funambol is AGPLv3-licensed, Google Android partner.
Related:
What Android means for Apple, MS, open source, enterprises
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| The GPhone never happened, but Android is a much more significant development
|
| [...]
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| A better approach, argues Dan Kohn, COO of the Linux Foundation, is to pick
| one set of standards that IT will support for calendaring, email
| applications, VPN and so on, and tell users they can use any mobile phone
| compatible with those standards.
|
| [...]
|
| What Android means for open source and Linux
| Linux already has a major presence on mobile phones, but the entrance of
| Google and the Open Handset Alliance — which has 34 member organisations
| worldwide — adds to the momentum.
|
| "We're a huge believer in diversity of options on mobile phones," Kohn of the
| Linux Foundation says. "Linux is already an important, growing presence
| there. I think having the Google software as an additional open source option
| is only going to accelerate that adoption."
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D22188C825F8528FCC257394007BE16D
Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices
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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html
Funambol CEO Fabrizio Capobianco: Linux Is Mobile's Future
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| LinuxInsider met with Capobianco to discuss his view on the role of open
| source in creating Mobile 2.0 as a voice and data carrier parallel to the
| Internet. The meeting occurred in the wake of Google's announcement earlier
| this month that it was negotiating with wireless carriers, handset makers,
| software developers and hardware providers to use an open source mobile
| platform, Android.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/60340.html
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