{"id":22454,"date":"2012-09-19T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T09:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=22454"},"modified":"2012-09-19T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T12:12:14","slug":"zte-mozilla-partner-on-new-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/software\/22454\/zte-mozilla-partner-on-new-os\/","title":{"rendered":"ZTE, Mozilla partner on new OS"},"content":{"rendered":"

China’s ZTE Corp<\/a>, the world’s fourth largest mobile phone handset vendor, is cooperating with Mozilla<\/a>, maker of web browser Firefox<\/a>, to introduce a new mobile operating system later this year or early next year, a ZTE spokesman said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The move is part of ZTE’s plan to diversify away from Google Inc<\/a>‘s Android<\/a> and Microsoft Corp<\/a>‘s Windows<\/a> into other operating systems. Smartphone market leader Apple Inc<\/a> is embroiled in legal disputes with some handset makers running Android.<\/p>\n

“We are trying to increase our efforts in coming up with our own operating system, while introducing products based on Android,” said ZTE spokesman David Dai Shu.<\/p>\n

“It’s all part of our wider plans to create a better balance of products using various operating systems. We won’t just rely on Android or Windows.”<\/p>\n

ZTE will roll out the operating system with Mozilla over the next few months, and plans to unveil a product for use in mobiles either at the same time or a little later, Dai said.<\/p>\n

The Shenzhen-based company is also looking into Web-based operating systems, but has no immediate plans to support those developed by Chinese Internet firms such as Baidu Inc<\/a> and Alibaba<\/a>, he said.<\/p>\n

The bulk of ZTE’s phones run on Android, while its ‘Tania’ series uses Windows.<\/p>\n

“We are working with a regional telecom carrier outside of China to unveil products based on our own operating system,” Dai said, but declined to mention any names.<\/p>\n

In July, Mozilla said mobile network operators Deutsche Telekom<\/a>, Sprint<\/a>, Smart<\/a>, Telecom Italia<\/a>, Telenor<\/a> and Etisalat<\/a> were backing the Firefox platform.<\/p>\n

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