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LiMo’s Unique Combination of Openness and IP Protection Resonates Throughout the Expanding Mobile Ecosystem LONDON, England, TOKYO, Japan, August 4, 2008—LiMo Foundation™, the global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry, announced today 11 new member companies. The addition of Cellon, Esmertec, Freescale Semiconductor, Longcheer Holdings, MIZI Research, Movial Corporation, PacketVideo Corporation (PV), SK Innoace, Telecom Italia, VirtualLogix™ Inc. and ZTE Corporation advances LiMo’s membership to more than 50 leaders from across the value system and provides further evidence that LiMo’s contributor-led governance model can uniquely rationalize the increasing complexity and sophistication of the mobile ecosystem.“LiMo’s consensual governance model and balanced collaborative development methodology have set it apart from other platform initiatives and continue to garner wide industry support,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. “These 11 new members will join the development of a consistent and competitive global handset OS (operating system), within which the collaborative benefits of shared cost and innovation are realized and upon which diverse, commercially driven differentiation freely thrives.” The new membership intake further extends LiMo’s reach in multiple dimensions: regionally, technologically and within the industry value system. Some of the new LiMo members previously participated in the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, which announced in June 2008 that it would fold activities into LiMo in order to accelerate the emergence of common mobile Linux specifications and implementations and to bolster the emerging mobile Linux developer community creating new mobile applications, services and end-user experiences. “LiMo greatly appreciates the commitment to openness and collaboration taken by all of our new members. Today’s announcement includes several former LiPS Forum participants that have chosen to redirect their resources into LiMo in order to drive unification of the mobile ecosystem,” said Kiyohito Nagata of NTT DOCOMO, chairperson of LiMo Foundation. “LiMo’s broad industry engagement demonstrates the fact that LiMo offers an open, transparent and equitable opportunity for established industry players and newcomers alike to shape and drive innovation within the LiMo Platform.” Six mobile industry leaders launched LiMo Foundation in January 2007 in order to deliver an open and globally consistent, Mobile Linux-based software platform for use by the entire mobile industry. Due largely to an industry-leading approach to open consensual governance, sophisticated IP stewardship and the effective management of platform fragmentation, LiMo has rapidly gained momentum across the mobile communications marketplace. Vendors and service providers have successfully joined LiMo in a spirit of collaboration without sacrificing their own business opportunities to provide compelling and differentiated services to their customers. So far, 21 mobile handset models have been brought to market utilizing LiMo Platform technology. About LiMo Foundation LiMo Foundation 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 LiMo, including its vision, goals, charter, guiding principles, bylaws and membership information, can be found at www.limofoundation.org. # # # Media Contact: Vivian Kelly Interprose PR for LiMo Foundation P: +1 703.860.0577 M: +1 703.509.5412 E: viviankelly (at) interprosepr.com Additional Supporting Quotes Freescale Seminconductor “Joining the LiMo foundation demonstrates Freescale’s enthusiasm for an operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux® kernel,” said David Patterson, Director of Product Management for Freescale’s Cellular Products Group. “LiMo is dedicated to both an open platform and hardware independence, cornerstones that will empower developers and manufacturers to create new and extraordinary products, applications, and services. We are excited to be a part of this effort and to offer our rich experience to positively influence the direction of the mobile industry.” Movial Corporation "Movial is delighted to be actively involved in LiMo Foundation's unique and collaborative effort to build and support a truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system," said Tomi Rauste, president, Creative Technologies, Movial Corporation. "LiMo has successfully captured the attention and desires of an unprecedented array of global companies, harnessing the brightest minds to drive the industry forward in a unified fashion and deliver richer mobile internet user experiences." PacketVideo Corporation (PV) “The mobile industry’s open source movement is clearing the path for rapid and innovative mobile device development,” said James Brailean, Ph.D., president and CEO of PacketVideo (PV). “PV joined the LiMo Foundation to contribute to the acceleration of bringing new Linux-based mobile multimedia applications to these devices, which is critical for the evolution of creating a user-centered – rather than a device-centered -- media world, and that’s PV’s vision for the future of media.” Telecom Italia Luca Tomassini, Senior Vice President, Business Innovation for Telecom Italia’s Domestic Market Operation unit, said “Telecom Italia looks forward to the opportunities provided by LiMo Foundation membership. LiMo has steadily gained momentum, with concrete, on-schedule delivery of the LiMo Platform, multiple waves of handsets and API specifications, plus consistent addition of more diverse members. Defragmentation is unlocking mobile innovation, and LiMo affords us a great opportunity to influence the direction of the industry.” VirtualLogix “As more companies realize the benefits of open source in the mobile world, the LiMo Foundation is at the forefront of creating the standards that will guide Linux-based OS development,” said Michel Gien, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy, VirtualLogix. “VirtualLogix is committed to providing developers the opportunity to complement the LiMo specification with enhanced features and security for deployment on low cost platforms. We look forward to being an active LiMo member in order to support these efforts and help the industry create the next-generation of mobile handset equipment.” About Cellon Cellon is a global leading independent provider of wireless handset and module design and is dedicated to the development and industrialization of GSM/GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA. Cellon provides complete module, platform and end-to-end solution for worldwide top handset OEMs and brand owners with the effort of more than 200 employees in China and United States. In addition, Cellon establishes strategic relationship with many leading technology providers and third-party software developers. Currently, there are over 40 million wireless handsets based on the design from Cellon. About Esmertec Esmertec is a leading provider of Java™ in-device engines and mobile services platforms. The company's high-performance solutions enable consumers to easily discover and access content and services on any mobile phone. Esmertec's customer database has grown to more than 90 customers, including mobile operators and manufacturers of mobile handsets, set-top boxes and interactive televisions. Its in-device engines power 1 out of 10 new phones (shipped in more than 233 million devices) and its USSD mobile services platforms serve more than 138 million mobile subscribers world-wide. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2007 sales of $5.7 billion (USD). www.freescale.com. About Longcheer Holdings Longcheer Holdings is the largest mobile handset design house in China, specializing in providing design solutions for telecommunications companies. From handset hardware, software to exterior design, Longcheer provides total and innovative solutions to their customers with rapid time-to-market designs. Longcheer is listed on the mainboard of Singapore Stock Exchange Main Board and is among the fastest growing companies in China and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.longcheertel.com. About MIZI Research, Inc. MIZI Research is an independent software vendor that specializes in the development of embedded Linux-based mobile application platforms. The solutions from MIZI can be used to power various devices such as mobile phones, automotive telematics and videophones. Founded in 1999, MIZI Research’s solutions can be found on more than 20 commercialized CE products. About Movial Corporation Movial inspires rich, intuitive Internet experiences for companies embracing transformational technologies. Leveraging its deep expertise in Internet, Linux, and mobile devices, Movial seamlessly enables its customers to deliver richer user experiences to millions of people on PCs and on mobile devices. Movial’s device creation, Internet communications applications, and design for digital services are generating revenue for industry leaders such as ARM, Ericsson, Nokia, Telefónica, and Orange. By delivering highly-intuitive and compelling user experiences, Movial has become the trusted source for enriching the way people interact every day. For more information, visit http://www.movial.com. About PacketVideo Corporation PacketVideo Corporation (PV), a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), is the software innovator powering the world’s leading mobile multimedia services. With more than 250 different devices supported and 250+ million PV multimedia clients deployed around the world, PV has the deepest, broadest and most respected multimedia software expertise in the industry. Founded in 1998, PV is headquartered in San Diego, California with regional offices in the U.S., Japan, Europe and India. About SK Innoace SK Innoace is the global leading R&D company which develops wireless internet infra and applied solutions such as mobile device platform (WIPI), broadcasting solution, terminal & contents mgmt., 3D graphic based UI engine As over 50% of the Korean mobile subscribers are currently using mobile device platform (WIPI) provided by SK Innoace and many of newly launched wireless internet services are developed by SK Innoace, the company is sure of having the best references and know-how of the mobile solution. Today SK Innoace plans to develop the platform, application, and service model based on Linux with the competitive power in the mobile web, wire and wireless integration mobile ad. platform, cloud computing, and device management. solution. To learn more, please visit www.innoace.com. About Telecom Italia Headline figures for the Telecom Italia Group: around 36 million mobile lines supplied in Italy and 32.5 million in Brazil; around 22 million fixed lines, 7.7 million broadband clients in Italy and 2.5 million in Germany and Holland, Telecom Italia is a major enterprise drawing upon tried-and-tested competencies and new competitive assets to transform and reinvent itself. As well as leading in its home market, Telecom Italia has built up a targeted international presence on markets that offer significant growth prospects (Latin America) and on high-growth technology markets (broadband). The company is a force to be reckoned with in fixed-line/mobile telecommunications and the internet through brand names Telecom Italia, TIM, Alice and Virgilio; in multimedia, TV and news through La7, MTV Italia and APCOM; in office and system solutions through Olivetti. The Group research and innovation arm is Telecom Italia Lab. For more information visit: ww.telecomitalia.com; www.tim.it. About VirtualLogix™ Inc. VirtualLogix™, Inc. is the global leader in Real-Time Virtualization™ technology for connected devices. VirtualLogix is an affiliate member of the Intel® Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solutions providers committed to the development of modular, standards-based solutions on Intel technologies. VirtualLogix VLX enables multiple operating system environments to run concurrently on shared hardware and provides a range of performance, fault tolerance and security options to address specific market requirements. As a result, the world's largest semiconductor companies, manufacturers, OEMs and carriers are able to reduce development and bill of material costs, improve time to market by leveraging existing software investments, and create conditions that meet their business goals. With more than 20 years of experience developing system software for network infrastructure, digital multimedia and mobile handsets, VirtualLogix is paving the way for the development of next generation connected devices. VirtualLogix, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. with operations worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.virtuallogix.com or call 408.636.2800. About ZTE Corporation As one of the first Chinese telecoms equipment provider to pursue business in overseas markets, ZTE now has approximately 50,000 employees. Since 1996, the company has provided its products and services to 135 countries and regions, serving major telecoms operators in Asia Pacific, South Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Through a combination of strategic marketing, differentiation, cost advantage, human resources and intellectual property management, ZTE has established firm commercial partnerships with over 500 operators around the world. |
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