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UK-based smartphone software maker Symbian said on Wednesday it could expand its collaboration with Google Inc to the operating system level as it moves to grant free and open access to its software platform. "We already work together and so whatever collaboration, if there is an opportunity, we will be happy to collaborate with them," Symbian chief executive Nigel Clifford told reporters in Tokyo. "And that could be on the application level or that could be on the more fundamental operating system level." Symbian currently uses Google applications such as maps and search engines on its platforms. Symbian software is used in some 60 perc... .. . Read more: Symbian to expand collaboration with Google - full story