IDG News Service's Tokyo Bureau reports that NEC Corp. is working on the development of Linux-based cell phones . . .

“. . . Work to investigate the use of Linux in cellular telephones started in the final quarter of 2002, said Akiko Shikimori, a spokeswoman for Tokyo's NEC. The company is looking to use the operating system in handsets for global markets, . . . although Shikimori said [NEC] is still investigating the use of Linux and has not yet begun designing its first handset based on the operating system . . .”

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