"The target is that the majority of mobile phones shipped by 2012 will support this new interface," added O'Hara.
Manufacturers had been under pressure from the European Commission to produce a standardised charger.
Introducing a one-size-fits-all charger might help the firms to cut costs since new handsets would no longer necessarily need to be sold with a charger in the future.
But the manufacturers will lose the revenues they currently make from replacements of lost or broken chargers.
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