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From: John Navas on 15 Feb 2010 13:01 Twenty-four telecom operators have formed an alliance to build an open platform that will deliver applications to all mobile phone users in an effort to compete with Apple's (AAPL.O) successful apps store. The move is supported by three of the world's largest device makers -- LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, the telecoms industry body GSM Association said on Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But analysts were sceptical whether so many operators could work together efficienctly and noted that it was difficult to compete with the strength of Apple's brand. MORE: <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE61E1NX20100215?type=marketsNews> |