ASIA
: NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced that today it agreed with MontaVista
Software Inc., a U.S. developer of Linux software for telecommunications
equipment and mobile handsets, to invest $3 million in newly issued
preferred stock for an equity stake in the company.
DoCoMo has already
introduced products equipped with MontaVista® Linux®. DoCoMo
hopes the investment will allow it to efficiently improve and develop
its Linux products.
The Sunnyvale,
California-based company headed by James Ready, was founded in February
1999 and had 182 employees as of the end of November 2004.