LiMo Foundation + Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum for Open Source

LiMo Foundation + Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum for Open Source. Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum members and LiMo combine together to support and to unify the growing momentum of Linux platforms in the global mobile market. The move will encompass LiPS Forum members from across the mobile ecosystem, in-cluding chipset suppliers, Linux OS and mobile stack vendors, handset designers and OEMs and regional and global wireless operators.

It follows announcements by other LiPS members who have joined LiMo Foundation: ACCESS, ARM Limited, Azingo, France Telecom / Orange, Huawei Technology, MontaVista Software, Inc., NXP Semi-conductors, Open-Plug, Purple Labs and Texas Instruments.

The union of LiPS Forum membership with LiMo brings up to a dozen new members to the fast-growing foundation. “We welcome the LiPS member community into LiMo Foundation, augmenting the momentum, resources and expertise of our group,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director, LiMo Foundation. “The international and cross-industry scope of LiPS Forum helps LiMo greatly in the global rollout of our platform, devices deploying that platform, and creation of applications for it.”

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