非盈利组织撰稿人/商业编辑/电信撰稿人
2008年全球移动大会
展位号:8b135
美国商业资讯2008年1月7日伦敦和东京消息— —
LiMo基金会(LiMo Foundation)今天宣布,由于其开放式手机软件平台背后持续的的行业发展势头和数家新成员的加入,基金会得到了进一步壮大。新加入基金会的有声望的成员机构包括:Acrodea公司、韩国电子通讯研究院(ETRI)、华为公司、Purple Labs公司和奇趣科技公司(Trolltech)。
LiMo基金会是移动技术行业的六家领先企业——摩托罗拉公司、NEC公司、NTT DoCoMo公司、松下移动通信公司、三星电子公司和沃达丰公司在2007年1月共同创立的,旨在建立基于移动Linux技术的全球一致的开放式软件平台,让整个行业都能利用该平台变革下一代移动技术的用户体验。
LiMo基金会执行董事Morgan Gillis说:“LiMo基金会是移动技术领先企业组建的专业联盟,这些企业在开放、透明的管理模式下开展合作,共同领导,共同决策,利用那些经受了市场考验的技术来创建一个基于Linux的通用软件平台,供整个行业使用。最新的一批成员加入给LiMo的生态系统带来了更多移动设备和平台集成方面的领先企业。看到他们加入现有的LiMo成员队伍,共同加速新颖的创新型手机、应用和服务的投放,我们感到很高兴。”
LiMo基金会的目标是,创造全世界第一套面向移动设备,具有全球竞争力的Linux软件平台。基金会正在把集体合作开发在透明度、创新和扩展性能方面的优势与全球移动技术业界的最佳开发实践相结合,以创建新的能够得到广泛采纳的创新型商业模式。
来自NTT DoCoMo公司的LiMo基金会主席永田清人(Kiyohito Nagata)说,“我们很高兴看到业界为创建开放式移动终端平台作出的如此郑重的承诺,这样一个平台将对下一代移动用户体验产生积极的影响。基金会成员的再次扩大展示了一种持续的推动力,这种力量正在LiMo平台的基础上建造内容越来越丰富的移动技术生态系统。”
LiMo基金会开放给移动通信市场的所有供应商以及服务提供商,其中包括设备生产商、运营商、芯片组生产商、独立软件供应商、集成商和第三方开发商。基金会成员有机会参与建设活跃的生态系统,还能够影响平台的开发过程,这样一来,成员就可以自由地为客户提供使他们感兴趣的多样化服务。
移动技术全球大会将于2008年2月11至14日在西班牙巴塞罗那举行,届时,欢迎到场与LiMo基金会管理层以及成员企业会面,听他们介绍基金会的Linux软件平台的最新发展情况。展位编号为8b135。
如需了解LiMo基金会、其指导原则和章程的详细情况,请访问:www.limofoundation.org。
关于LiMo基金会
LiMo基金会是一家独立的非盈利实体,致力于扩大Linux技术在移动技术行业的应用。基金会旨在利用移动Linux平台创建涵盖应用程序和中间件开发商群体的开放、透明、可扩展的生态系统,鼓励创造令消费者感兴趣的增强的多样化用户体验。登陆以下网址:www.limofoundation.org可以获得对基金会的全面描述,包括基金会的愿景、目标、章程、成员信息等。
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( BW)(LIMO-FOUNDATION) LiMo Foundation Builds Further Industry Momentum with Addition of New Members
Mobile industry demonstrates commitment to world's first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices
Non-Profit Writers/Business Editors/Telecommunications Writers
Mobile World Congress 2008
booth number 8b135
LONDON & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2008--LiMo Foundation announced today further growth as industry momentum continues behind its open software platform for mobile handsets with the addition of several new members. Included in the roster of prestigious LiMo new member organizations are Acrodea, ETRI, Huawei, Purple Labs, and Trolltech.
Launched in January 2007 by six mobile industry leaders - Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics and Vodafone - LiMo was formed to deliver an open and
globally consistent software platform based upon mobile Linux for use by the whole industry to catalyze next generation mobile consumer experiences.
"LiMo is a dedicated alliance of mobile technology leaders working together within an open and transparent governance model with shared leadership and shared decision making to create a common Linux based software platform from market proven technologies for use by the whole industry," said Morgan Gillis, executive director, LiMo Foundation. "This latest wave of new members brings further mobiledevice and platform integration leaders into the LiMo ecosystem. We are delighted to see them joining forces with existing LiMo members to accelerate the delivery of innovative new handsets, applications and services."
LiMo's goal is to create the world's first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. LiMo Foundation is blending community-based development benefits of transparency, innovation and scalability with the best development practices from the mobile community worldwide to create an innovative new business model with widespread adoption.
"We are excited to see such a serious level of industry commitment to the creation of an open mobile terminal platform which will have such a positive impact on next-generation mobile user experiences," said NTT DoCoMo's Kiyohito Nagata, chairman of the LiMo Foundation. "This further increase in membership demonstrates the continuing momentum that is building an ever richer mobile ecosystem upon the LiMo platform."
The LiMo Foundation is open to all vendors and service providers in the mobile communications marketplace, including device manufacturers, operators, chip set manufacturers, independent software vendors, integrators and third party developers. Foundation members have the opportunity to participate in building an active ecosystem and have the ability to influence the evolution of the platform, leaving them free to provide compelling and differentiated services to customers.
Meet LiMo Foundation executives and members and hear about the latest developments with LiMo's Linux-based software platform at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 11-14, 2008 (booth number 8b135).
For more information on the LiMo Foundation and its guiding principles and bylaws, please visit www.limofoundation.org.
About the LiMo Foundation
The LiMo Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit entity that strives to increase the adoption of Linux within the mobile industry. The LiMo Foundation aims to leverage the mobile Linux platform to create an open, transparent, scalable ecosystem spanning application and middleware developer communities and to encourage the creation of compelling, differentiated and enhanced consumer experiences. A full description of the foundation, including the vision, goals, charter and membership information can be found at www.limofoundation.org.
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