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The Russian government is launching its own mobile operating system to take on Apple and Google


The global smartphone race is largely a two-horse race between two American companies, Apple and Google — and the Russian government isn’t happy. The Russian minister of communications has announced plans to develop a new, Russian-built mobile operating system (OS), ZDNet reports, citing a report on the Russian-language news site RBC. Currently, Android and iOS collectively take up more than 95% of the Russian smartphone market — but minister Nikolai Nikifori wants to get that figure below 50% within 10 years. The new OS will be based on Sailfish, according to ZDNet — “an open-source mobile operating system, developed by …read more

Source: Business Insider

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