Nokia Vs. Google: Race for Open Source Mobile Phone Software Domination

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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 28, 2009 -- The report “Google Android and Nokia Symbian: Increasing content, service and advertising market opportunities from competition in mobile OS, 2009-2014”, available at http://www.reportbuyer.com/go/VIS00115 reports that the smart phone is critical - it represents the main growth sector for the mobile handset manufacturer and promises an associated increase in service revenues for the Mobile Network Operator (MNO).

The 119 page report considers the development of the open source mobile OS from the not for profit organisation Symbian Foundation (formed originally by Nokia) and Android (formed by Google) which are vying to be the open source smart phone mobile OS of choice for a range of handset manufacturers and mobile network operators.

Furthermore, with a new generation of improved smart phones, with fuller sized screen and keyboard and an improved user interface, the smart phone is a key element in providing greater user access to the mobile internet.

Authors of the report note that Nokia, the owner of the Symbian Foundation, has made the company into a non for profit organisation and has recruited a number of companies to join as members and is converting various mobile OS into one unified version based on open source standards.

They further note that in terms of worldwide licences for mobile OS, it is Symbian which has traditionally held up to half of the world market, largely thanks to the dominance of Nokia in European markets. But over time Symbian has lost market share to other OS mobile providers including Apple's OSX and RIM's Blackberry OS.

The goal of the new mobile OS standards is to become the centre of a sustainable mobile ecosystem, which includes handset, applications, content and provide recurring revenues to the handset or content company. In essence the control of the mobile OS is a key element in controlling the mobile ecosystem.

The report “Google Android and Nokia Symbian: Increasing content, service and advertising market opportunities from competition in mobile OS, 2009-2014” is available from Report Buyer at: http://www.reportbuyer.com/telecoms/mobile/handsets/google_android_nokia_symbian.html

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