Japanese mobile parts makers mull new software to cut costs

Japanese cellular phone parts makers are considering using a new system software that could cut the cost for developing technology that controls mobile phone functions by up to 99%, the Nikkei business daily reported Wednesday. The software, called Network on a Terminal Architecture, or NoTA, was developed by Nokia Corp jointly with the Finnish government and Tokyo-based YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory, the report added. Nokia plans to make NoTA an open-source project by making it freely available to the public. The company is calling on parts makers to use NoTA to develop software. NoTA accounts for 80% of a cell phone's development costs,