NTT DoCoMo has announced their will invest $3M ( about 312M yen) in America's MontaVista, a company that deals with the development of embedded Linux. The procedures will be completed o­n the 22nd.

MontaVista deals with development of Linux optimized for embedded devices, and through cooperation with NEC, the company's technology has been used as an OS o­n the "N900iL," "N901i," and "P901i" DoCoMo handsets. DoCoMo plans to strengthen their cooperative relationship with the company through this investment. This is reportedly to help begin cooperation o­n a development strategy level, in an effort to improve functionality of products containing the Linux OS and development efficiency.

Inspired by:
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/21961.html [1]

Press Release:
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/new/contents/04/whatnew1221.html [2]