Monday, August 22, 2011

South Korea to Develop New Open Source Mobile Operating System

South Korea will seek to develop a new, open-source operating system for mobile phones in the wake of the Google purchase of Motorola, Yonhap News reports.

The Google purchase of Motorola deal is seen as a threat to South Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics Co., which makes Android smart phones. "We cannot completely rule out the possibility of Google jumping into the smartphone business in the future," says Kim Jae-hong, a deputy minister from the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

Google's takeover of Motorola, along with the approximately 17,000 mobile phone-related patents it will acquire, could provide short-term protection for South Korean companies using the open Android system against Apple's patent claims, however.

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