Firefox OS

Grameenphone, an operator in Bangladesh, is to offer a device powered by Mozilla’s Firefox OS, which is said to mark “the first joint release of Mozilla’s low-cost, open web smartphones by a mobile operator in Asia”.

Intex Technologies introduced the first Firefox OS smartphone targeting the Indian market, with the device being sold online for INR1,999 ($33).

Mozilla announced it has appointed Chris Beard (pictured) as CEO after the executive had earlier returned to the company to serve as interim boss.

Mozilla is working with local developers to boost the number of apps available for devices running its Firefox OS in different markets, according to the company’s COO, Li Gong.

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Mozilla’s secret to driving down the cost of smartphones using its Firefox OS lies in optimising its software for lower-cost hardware, according to the company’s COO, Li Gong.

Mozilla and a number of its partners announced the Open Web Device Compliance Review Board, a catchily-named organisation designed to drive standardised implementations across the “open Web device ecosystem”.

More than 32 per cent of developers indicated they will support Windows Phone next year, double the 16 per cent who created apps for the Microsoft platform in 2013, according to the Strategy Analytics Developer Survey.