Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux® and open source software, has announced that mobile Linux platform provider a la Mobile will become an active member in the Labs' Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI). OSDL membership for a la Mobile comes on the heels of the company's recent launch announcement and introduction of an independent Linux systems platform for mobile phones. Designed to be readily adaptable to wireless handsets, a la Mobile's Convergent Linux Platform enables handset manufacturers to bring Linux-based smartphones and full-feature phones to market rapidly while reducing development, testing and deployment costs.

Linux is increasingly becoming the preferred operating system for mobile equipment manufacturers such as NEC and Panasonic, among others. The Diffusion Group, a research firm focused on the connected consumer, forecasts that Linux will surpass SymbianOS marketshare in smartphones by 2010 with 26.6% of the market.
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