IT Managers Journal has published an article about embedded Linux's prospects in the mobile phone market. The article is based on an interview with a Linux specialist at OpenWave, which claims to be the largest independent mobile phone software supplier.

The article suggests that in time, a growing need for complex requirements for internetworking between packet-based and other kinds of voice and data networks will put Linux on more phones. Interposing challenges include better power management, lower resource usage, and real-time capabilities to enable less expensive uniprocessor Linux phones, according to the article.

OpenWave expects Linux to be a “2006 product story,” according to the article.

Openwave ported its V7 app stack and GUI framework for mobile phones — claimed to be licensed to seven of the top ten mobile phone vendors — to embedded Linux in September of last year.

Author Melanie Hollands based her article on an interview with Liz Glasser, who oversees OpenWave's recently renewed development partnership with MontaVista.

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