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NTT DoCoMo prefers mobile Linux - rather than Symbian - and acquires stake in MontaVista
December 21, 2004;
Apparently NTT DoCoMo believes more in Linux than in Symbian. The fact that is buying share in MontaVista Software - makers of mobile Linux for smartphones - rather than in Symbian is a proof of it.

NTT DoCoMo to Acquire Stake in U.S. Developer of Linux Software

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced that today it agreed with MontaVista Software Inc., a U.S. developer of Linux software for telecommunications equipment and mobile handsets, to invest $3 million in newly issued preferred stock for an equity stake in the company.

DoCoMo has already introduced products equipped with MontaVista Linux. DoCoMo hopes the investment will allow it to efficiently improve and develop its Linux products.

The Sunnyvale, California-based company headed by James Ready, was founded in February 1999 and had 182 employees as of the end of November 2004.

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