"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group headed by Google Inc (GOOG.O).
The announcement that the No. 2 U.S. mobile service joined the LiMo Foundation follows signals last month that AT&T Inc (T.N) would support Android, the Linux operating system being developed by Google and about 30 partners.
Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L), said it would take a seat on the foundation's board and expects to sell its first phones based on the LiMo operating system in 2009.
"We'll start with a few simpler devices and work our way up," Verizon Wireless Network Vice President Kyle Malady said on a conference call with reporters.
Malady said that while Verizon would continue to support other operating systems such as that used in Research In Motion Ltd's (RIM.TO) BlackBerry, the LiMo system would be the company's operating system of choice."
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