Mozilla, the California-based company behind the free web browser Firefox, on Monday announced that it would be launching a whole new Firefox operating system for mobile phones, to compete head-to-head with Google’s Android OS and Apple’s iOS, which powers the iPhone and iPad.
The first model in a line of Firefox-powered phones will released by Brazilian company Telefónica, under its Vivo label, and are scheduled to hit that country in “early 2013.”