Telenor customers will be among the first in Montenegro to enjoy the benefits of the latest mobile operating systems – Mozilla Firefox.
(Podgorica, November 29, 2013) Telenor Montenegro is introducing to customers in Montenegro Alcatel One Touch Fire – the first smartphone with Firefox operating system.
The Firefox OS smartphones are the first devices driven completely by Web technologies to deliver the performance, personalization and affordable price in a smartphone with a beautiful, intuitive and easy-to-use experience.
Alcatel One Touch Fire, with simple user interface, super smooth navigation and highly optimized graphics, can be pre-ordered today through Telenor Montenegro stores starting December 1.
“We strive to provide the best user experience and the latest devices to our customers in Montenegro. With Mozilla’s open Web platform, Telenor offers a high quality mobile Internet experience and affordable smartphones. We believe this will contribute to an increase in the number of mobile Internet users in Montenegro, accessing advanced - and local apps and content”, said Michael Malvebo, General Manager Telenor Montenegro.
At the Mobile World congress in Barcelona earlier this year, Telenor announced the cooperation with Mozilla with the aim of bringing mobile phones on Firefox operative system to customers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). With a powerful market launch, Telenor Montenegro now delivers on the promise of bringing Firefox OS based smartphones to customers in the region.
“I am pleased to see that our customers in Montenegro, Serbia and Hungary will be able to enjoy mobile phones on Firefox OS, providing them with high-quality Internet experience before Christmas. Through this launch, we are one step closer to connecting the next billion customers to the web,” said Holger Hussmann - Vice President, Head of Device & OS, Telenor Digital.
Tristan Nitot, Founder of Mozilla Europe and Principal Evangelist, explained that building Firefox OS is part of Mozilla’s mission to put the power of the Web in people’s hands and offer the best Web experience possible. “We’re very happy to see Telenor launching the first Firefox OS devices in Montenegro, Serbia and Hungary with more developers being inspired to innovate for the Web,” Nitot concludes.