Mozilla, the non-profit organisation behind the Firefox web browser, has said it’ll use the ‘Firefox’ brand for its forthcoming HTML5-based mobile operating system. A number of major mobile network operators have already expressed their support for the project.

TCL Communication Technology (which uses the Alcatel One Touch brand) and ZTE plan to produce the first Firefox OS devices.

This week’s edition of The Fonecast includes an interview with Leslie Ferry, Vice President of Marketing at BroadSoft, about the company’s plans and its move into mobile.

And, as usual, the podcast team takes its regular look at the biggest news stories affecting the UK mobile industry.

TCT Mobile, the company behind the Alcatel mobile phone brand, has announced the Alcatel One Touch Net handset. It's designed for emerging markets and is preloaded with a suite of Yahoo!'s products, including Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Social Pulse, Flickr and Yahoo! Address Book and Calendar.

The Alcatel One Touch Net phone has a QWERTY keyboard and is equipped with a 2.4-inch screen, an 80MB memory, a 2 megapixel camera, an MP3 player, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth technology. It's due in Q3 2010.