Microsoft said on Monday that Vodafone was the first mobile carrier to standardize the software on its handsets, but that the software giant was working with other operators on similar deals.
"Vodafone is the first to go into this direction, but there are others doing similar things and we will be talking about them in due course," Pieter Knook, senior vice president for the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft, said in a telephone interview.
Microsoft Windows Mobile was one of just three core software platforms selected by Vodafone for future consumer handsets, in an attempt to cut costs in offering services to subscribers. The other two are Linux and Symbian Series 60.
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