Japan’s Renesas to work with Nokia on software for cell phones

Renesas Technology Corp will collaborate with the world’s largest cellular phone manufacturer, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Corp, on the development of platform software for handsets, the Nikkei reported, without identifying sources.

The Finnish firm will make its S60 platform software compatible with the Japanese semiconductor manufacturer’s SH-Mobile system chips, which are currently used by domestic manufacturers and South Korean-based LG Electronics Inc, according to the business daily.

Nokia, which buys chips mainly from US-based Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) Inc, has never used a Japanese chipmaker as a supplier of chips for platform software.

By clinching a supply contract with Nokia, Renesas aims to increase its SH-Mobile output to 50 mln units in fiscal 2008 from 20 mln in fiscal 2006, the Nikkei said.

Source: Hemscott

Would this mean S60 based LG devices?! That would rock so hard!