Firefox OS, New mobile phone operating system from Mozilla

Competition on the operating system drive Mozilla develops new mobile operating system called Firefox OS. With the support of several large telecommunications companies, Firefox OS will challenge existing mobile OS currently like Android, Bada, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and iPhone iOS.

Mozilla claims operator Deutsche Telekom, Sprint, Smart, Telecom Italy, Telenor and Etisalat stated support Firefox OS. ZTE phone vendors and TCL plan would releasing Firefox OS with Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor in early 2013.

Support from operators and handset vendors are rated important for new smartphone OS in order to be admitted to the market. So, they are going against the dominance of Android and iOS are currently widely used.

Gary Kovacs as Chief Executive of Mozilla Corp. sure Firefox OS still have opportunities in OS market competition. Because Firefox OS platform is provided free, based on open web standards and its application developed with HTML5 technology.

Mobile phone with Firefox OS for the first time will be released as early as 2013 in Brazil through operator Telefonica. Then be marketed to other countries, hopefully this new OS platforms will add to the increasing competition for Mobile OS