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The president of Mozilla Europe, Tristan Nitot, in charge of inaugurating the Nonick2011 conference on Friday, took the opportunity to present the most recent free platform for mobile phone applications which bosses at Firefox''s famous internet navigator are developing in response to opposition posed by Android Market (Google) and the Apple Store.

Nitot announced that "significant progress" would be made this summer in a project which could revolutionise the amalgamation of forces in the emerging world of mobile applications on a global scale.

Nitot also spoke of the importance of the Web as a platform for the development of mobile applications, since it is equally accessible from all type of devices, from smartphones to home and work computers. Nitot believes that while the Web is the most powerful platform there is for such an application, so far we have only seen the beginning, with HTML5 and Java Script, which continue to grow on a daily basis. The existence of the Web means there are no limits to the development of mobile applications, which is fundamental given the rapid increase in the number of devices.

The president of Mozilla Europe was in charge of opening this year''s Nonick, the third international conference of its kind focusing on internet trends. It is being held from June 17th-18th in EiTB''s Multibox venue in Bilbao and this year aims to bring together international experts from the mobile sector. It is jointly organised by eitb.com, the Basque Government''s Department of Industry via its public company SPRI, in association with CBT.