limofoundation.org

Leading mobile Linux organization gathers additional cross-industry support, expanding scope and depth of industry presence and knowledge
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, February 16, — limofoundation.org™, a global consortium of mobile industry leaders, today announced the addition of six new members, including new board member Telefónica SA, a leading telecommunications operator with global reach. Also joining the organization are Aromasoft Corporation, Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Opera Software ASA, and Swisscom. This latest group of new members further validates the organization’s collaborative governance and development models, and underscores growing industry momentum towards a more open, inclusive ecosystem.

“The industry-wide paradigm shift towards greater openness that began with the launch of the limofoundation.org continues to accelerate,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of limofoundation.org. “Each new member brings a broad base of practical experience from across the mobile value system; the arrival of these six companies confirms LiMo’s role as a primary catalyst for the ongoing liberalization of the mobile ecosystem.”

 

The introduction of these new members expands limofoundation.org’s expertise, market, and geographic reach. The organization boasts a diverse roster of companies from both within and outside the mobile industry, including application, toolset, and technology developers, integrators, and ISVs. Sharing this additional cross-industry support and knowledge will enable limofoundation.org members to react nimbly to changing industry conditions and market challenges.

“We are currently seeing a period of mobile OS convergence, combined with a rapid shift towards a more open mobile ecosystem,” said Kiyohito Nagata of NTT DOCOMO, chairperson of limofoundation.org. “By leveraging the limofoundation.org’s collaborative development model, which encourages knowledge-sharing and cost-mutualization, and the deployment of member-contributed limofoundation.org OS technologies, our members and the mobile industry at large cannot only withstand, but thrive competitively in a challenging economic climate.”

limofoundation.org was launched in January by mobile industry leaders to provide the mobile industry with an open, consistent mobile Linux-based handset OS, enabling the development of immersive, next-generation mobile consumer experiences.  Currently, there are 33 LiMo-compliant commercially available handsets.

The latest LiMo Platform technologies are being showcased in handsets and toolkits at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 16-19 in booth B135, Hall 8 and booth A125, Hall 8. For full details of limofoundation.org’s presence at MWC ’09, visit: . For observations and commentary from the show floor, join LiMo’s Twitter community. MWC attendees can also see Morgan Gillis, executive director of limofoundation.org, speak on The Business Case for Open Source during the Mobilising Open Source conference session on Wednesday February 18 at 17:00 - 17:40 in Hall 5, Auditorium 3.

About limofoundation.org
limofoundation.orgTM is a dedicated consortium of mobile industry leaders working together within an open and transparent governance model—with shared leadership and shared decision making—to deliver an open and globally consistent handset software platform based upon mobile Linux for use by the whole mobile industry. A full description of limofoundation.org, including its vision, goals, charter, guiding principles, bylaws and membership information, can be found at limofoundation.


Opera Software
“We have always prided ourselves on producing a standards-based browser with the goal of running on any platform. Linux Mobile is a growing platform that epitomizes our ideals of a unified mobile Web where standardization reigns industry-wide,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “We look forward to joining forces with other LiMo members to keep mobile technology moving forward.”

Telefónica
“Joining the limofoundation.org and its Board of Directors enables Telefónica to shape the future in the growing area of Open OS handsets and bring even more choice for our 260 million customers worldwide,” said Steve Alder, general manager Telefónica Group and UK Devices. “LiMo is already playing a critical role in defining the mobile experience for and beyond, and will also allow us to excite customers with even broader ranges of devices and services."

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, February 16, — limofoundation.org™, a global consortium of mobile industry leaders, today announced the addition of six new members, including new board member Telefónica SA, a leading telecommunications operator with global reach. Also joining the organization are Aromasoft Corporation, Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Opera Software ASA, and Swisscom. This latest group of new members further validates the organization’s collaborative governance and development models, and underscores growing industry momentum towards a more open, inclusive ecosystem.

“The industry-wide paradigm shift towards greater openness that began with the launch of the limofoundation.org continues to accelerate,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of limofoundation.org. “Each new member brings a broad base of practical experience from across the mobile value system; the arrival of these six companies confirms LiMo’s role as a primary catalyst for the ongoing liberalization of the mobile ecosystem.”

The introduction of these new members expands limofoundation.org’s expertise, market, and geographic reach. The organization boasts a diverse roster of companies from both within and outside the mobile industry, including application, toolset, and technology developers, integrators, and ISVs. Sharing this additional cross-industry support and knowledge will enable limofoundation.org members to react nimbly to changing industry conditions and market challenges.

“We are currently seeing a period of mobile OS convergence, combined with a rapid shift towards a more open mobile ecosystem,” said Kiyohito Nagata of NTT DOCOMO, chairperson of limofoundation.org. “By leveraging the limofoundation.org’s collaborative development model, which encourages knowledge-sharing and cost-mutualization, and the deployment of member-contributed limofoundation.org OS technologies, our members and the mobile industry at large cannot only withstand, but thrive competitively in a challenging economic climate.”

limofoundation.org was launched in January by mobile industry leaders to provide the mobile industry with an open, consistent mobile Linux-based handset OS, enabling the development of immersive, next-generation mobile consumer experiences.  Currently, there are 33 LiMo-compliant commercially available handsets.

The latest LiMo Platform technologies are being showcased in handsets and toolkits at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 16-19 in booth B135, Hall 8 and booth A125, Hall 8. For full details of limofoundation.org’s presence at MWC ’09, visit: . For observations and commentary from the show floor, join LiMo’s Twitter community. MWC attendees can also see Morgan Gillis, executive director of limofoundation.org, speak on The Business Case for Open Source during the Mobilising Open Source conference session on Wednesday February 18 at 17:00 - 17:40 in Hall 5, Auditorium 3.

About limofoundation.org
limofoundation.orgTM is a dedicated consortium of mobile industry leaders working together within an open and transparent governance model—with shared leadership and shared decision making—to deliver an open and globally consistent handset software platform based upon mobile Linux for use by the whole mobile industry. A full description of limofoundation.org, including its vision, goals, charter, guiding principles, bylaws and membership information, can be found at limofoundation.