Nokia is a mobile software powerhouse and largest single shareholder of Symbian. Symbian operating system is currently the dominant player in the market, with 60% of the handsets using the OS. Smartphones made by other companies, including Samsung and Sony Ericsson, also use Symbian operating system. But Symbian has, until now, charged a licensing fee for the software, while the Android platform has reduced the cost of software according to Google. However, The Nokia Company plans to launch the nonprofit Symbian Foundation, combining several different operating systems including Symbian OS, UIQ, MOAP and S60 and making the whole system open source, so that developers can use the technology for free. Nigel Clifford, chief executive officer of Symbian, said that, "Our vision is to become the most widely used software platform on the planet, and indeed today Symbian OS leads its market by any measure. Today's announcement is a bold new step to achieve that vision by embracing a complete and proven platform, offered in an open way, designed to stimulate innovation which is at the heart of everything we do." Google is also committed to mobile as its future and the future of the global Internet and declared its intentions of becoming a major force in the future of mobile applications by creating its own operating system, Android. Google’s solution is open source, meaning anyone can develop applications for it freely. Although the first handset equipped with the Android platform is yet to come to the market. Nokia’s executive vice president, Kai Oistamo, however, denies the move is a reaction to Android or anything else. He said: ‘This is a market making move. To look at it as a reaction doesn’t give justice to the boldness of what we are doing. We are making this asset, which has shipped 200 million units, royalty free.’ So, let’s wait for the result of this fight between the Google and Nokia.