Mozilla previewed the first Firefox OS and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World Congress. The Firefox OS is a better alternative for low-end smartphones in developing markets and is built using HTML5.
The new phones using OS are all powered by Qualcomm processors and will be offered by Alcatel One Touch, LG Electronics and ZTE starting this summer. Huawei Technologies will also come out with products later in the year.
Mozilla said it doesn't need to build a new ecosystem for Firefox OS because of its HTML5-based alternative to iOS and Android, but the depth of commitment is unclear.
Mozilla has also joined forces with Ericsson and AT&T to show
WebRTC, a framework that allows browsers to perform functions usually
confined to mobile phones such as voice and video calls and messaging. Mozilla's Social API and WebRTC support in Firefox, Ericsson's Web
Communication Gateway and the AT&T API platform to enable the
browser to sync with a user's existing phone number and provide calling
services without any plugins to download. WebRTC (real-time communications).
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