HP just won a large contract with Motorola which includes Debian running on Itanium.From InternetNews, [HP Get Call for Carriers](http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3395271)
"Virtually each of the network equipment providers is migrating to next-generation platforms based on Linux," Joy King, HP director of its worldwide marketing for its network and service provider business, told internetnews.com.
HP has modified the Debian Linux distribution to optimize it for carrier grade systems
Also in CNET, [Motorola and HP in Linux tie-up](http://news.com.com/Motorola+and+HP+in+Linux+tie-up/2100-1039_3-5311739.html) and Information Week [Motorola To Incorporate Integrity Systems Into 3G Call Path](http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=29100410)
