Cell Phone Giants Unveil Mobile Linux Foundation

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Henry Kingman
Published: Jan 25, 2007
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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Six of the worlds largest telecommunications companies have officially launched a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a common mobile Linux software platform.

Founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone, the LiMo Foundation is inviting membership and participation from application and middleware developers.

The collaboration of giants now known as the LiMo Foundation was first announced in mid-June of 2006.

The groups goals and official name remained a mystery until today, while the sheer stature of the companies involved led to much speculation about their intentions.

NTT DoCoMo is the worlds largest telecommunications company, and indeed, one of the largest companies in the world. Motorola is the worlds second-largest handset vendor, behind Nokia.

Motorola, Panasonic, NEC and Samsung may well rank first, second, third and fourth in terms of the volume of Linux-based phones shipped to date. Thus, the LiMo Foundation could have the power to unify the Linux mobile phone market in a way that standards bodies—and there are many working to standardize Linux for mobile phones—can only dream of.

The LiMo Foundation says it aims to create the “worlds first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices.”

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