Canonical Announces the creation of an Advisory Group of the operators (Carrier Advisory Group, or CAG), whose founding members are Deutsche Telekom, Everything Everywhere, Korea Telecom, Telecom Italia, LG UPlus, Portugal Telecom, SK Telecom and "the most important Spanish international operator" (Telefónica? The editor does not specify its identity).
This group is a forum for mobile operators influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones, indicates Canonical. Any national or international operator who so wishes can reach the CAG until the end of July; It will be then closed to new accessions.
Compatibility and the fragmentation of platforms among the points in the programme
Only members of the group will have access to early information on the projects of manufacturers for the new operating system, as well as the possibility to be partners in the launch of Ubuntu for smartphones.
The CAG is chaired independently, says Canonical, by David Wood. With 25 years of experience in the mobile industry, he currently chairs the Group of futurology London Futurists and has served on the Board of Directors of Symbian and the Open Mobile Alliance.
The Advisory Group will meet to discuss topics such as the HTML5 standards, application compatibility, models of revenue sharing between publishers, operators and manufacturers, the fragmentation of platforms, etc.
Compatibility and fragmentation are themes that are necessary, because Ubuntu mobile OS will be the fourth operating system free software will happen in mobile telephony, after Android (which dominates the market, followed by the iOS of Apple), the Google OS, Firefox OS and Sailfish (developed by start-up Jolla, Nokia alumni).
In February, Canonical has released an alpha version of its OS for smartphones and tablets, for Nexus and Nexus 4. Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, stated on this occasion that first Ubuntu smartphones could get out early 2014.
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