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Jolla to build Sailfish OS ecosystem in Africa

2015-05-28 18:09:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Finnish mobile developer Jolla announced it's set to build a Sailfish OS ecosystem in Africa, starting from South Africa. Jolla said that the main objective for Sailfish Africa is to gather a group of African investors to develop an independent mobile ecosystem for Africa around its Sailfish operating system for mobile devices. The initiative starts from South Africa, and later the aim is to expand the Sailfish Africa ecosystem to other African countries. Jolla will work with its local partner Sello Rathete, one of the co-founders of South-African operator Cell C, on building support for Sailfish in South Africa. The launch in South Africa is part of Jolla's attempt to break into the BRICS countries. It recently gained the backing of the Russian government for Sailfish as an alternative to Android's dominance in the smartphone market. Russia's Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications Nikolay Nikiforov visited last week South Africa to promote the Sailfish OS agenda for BRICS countries to local government officials.

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Russia govt backs alternative mobile OS, meets with Sailfish

2015-05-18 19:07:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Nikolay Nikiforov, the Russian minister of communications, has met with the management of the company Sailfish Holding. Participants of the meeting discussed the opportunity to use the Sailfish OS, developed in neighbouring Finland by the company Jolla, in the state and private sectors in Russia. They also looked at opportunities to set up an international industrial consortium for the development of alternative software products based of the Sailfish software. The programme would be carried out in cooperation with IT companies based in the BRICS states.

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Jolla offers Sailfish licence, to launch secure OS

2015-03-02 12:21:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Jollaannounced plans to build a 'secure' version of its Sailfish operating system for mobile services, tapping into the growing concern for private communications. The Finnish company partnered with SSH Communications Security on the project and will demonstrate the new software at Mobile World Congress. Sailfish Secure will be based on a security-hardened version of the OS and SSH's communication encryption and key management platform.The software will be targeted at companies and public officials interested in a secure mobile solution, developed in Europe. Sailfish invited other industry players to join the project, saying the software will not be tied to a particular hardware platform. The company is also showing at MWC Sailfish 2.0, the latest version of the OS that will be offered to smartphone and tablet OEMs for licensing. The new OS comes with an enhanced user interface, support for Intel processors and additional software integration capabilitiesfor partners. Tieto and Qt offer integration support for companies interested in integrating Sailfish in their own devices.

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Jolla to release Sailfish OS for Android devices

2014-02-21 10:39:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Jolla has announced a new update of its Sailfish mobile operating system and plans to make the software available for Android devices in order to expand distribution of the software. Sailfish 1.0 will be released in early March, supporting improved performance, extended landscape support, visual improvements, new camera functionalities, enhancements to the Jolla store and new general settings. The download for selected Android devices will be available during the first half of 2014. Prior to that, Jolla will release a launcher of the Sailfish user interface as an Android app. Jolla said the Sailfish OS has already been ported by developers to popular Android devices such as the Samsung Galaxy, Google Nexus and Sony Xperia, and a project is underway to support phones from Chinese maker Xiaomi. The first Jolla phones running Sailfish are available for sale on the company's website, for delivery throughout the EEA, as well as through Finnish operator DNA. Jolla said it's in talks with potential partners to expand sales to new markets, including Russia, India and Hong Kong where Jolla will open online sales in the near future and new retail outlets in European markets. The company will be demonstrating its phones and Sailfish 1.0 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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