So this would mean that Nokia (and probably Google) are going to put themselves in a position where telephony standards begin to look more like the W3C. Good if they can pull it off, bad if another IE4-6 trip happens.

Does the various Linux foundations that Nokia is a part of have any precident towards this level of standards development.

And I agree, the FCC will have to open things up considerably. Man does this open a can of beans that cannot be stopped without some nicely public pandering and lobbying (in the US). Outside of the US, this might be a great equalizer for some markets better than others.

This really has me thinking...