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00:25 17th February 2010
A total of 24 phone operators have joined forces to challenge the dominance of mobile app stores, like the one operated by Apple.
The Wholesale Applications Community, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and includes Vodafone, China Mobile and
Sprint, has access to more than three billion customers.
Its goal is to make it easier for developers to develop and sell apps "irrespective of device or technology."
The alliance is also supported by hardware manufacturers such as LG Electronics, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as well as industry body the GSM association.
In other news, total smartphone shipments reached a new peak of 166 million units in 2009, according to a market analyst.
Tim Shepherd, of Canalys, said that it was no surprise that Apple topped the table of leading vendors of touch-screen smartphones but added that
Nokia follows close behind "with tremendous growth thanks to models such as the Nokia 5800 and N97. Nokia was actually the leading vendor by volume of touch-screen smartphones in the final quarter of the year."
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