The union of European cell carriers

Several European cellular carriers — Vodafone, Orange, Telefonics Movilers, TIM, and T-Mobile — have joined together to create a new alliance so they can use their combined buying power to get better deals with cellphone manufacturers. They want more control over both the operating systems used (there's talk about turning to a new mobile OS called SavaJe which hasn't shown up on any phones yet) and the actual specifications of the handsets themselves. Ultimately want they want is to be more like carriers in the US and Japan, which, for better or for worse, hold all the cards when it comes to determining which cellphones consumers can and cannot buy.

[Via The Feature]