Azingo, formerly Celunite, developer of a next-generation mobile
software platform based on Linux and other open source innovations,
announced today at CES that its technology has been selected by the
LiMo Foundation as core components of its Common Integration
Environment (CIE). The CIE will be used by the industry's leading
handset manufacturers to efficiently develop and test future releases
of the world's first globally competitive, Linux-based software
platform for mobile devices.
Included in the LiMo Foundation's CIE are Azingo's software phone
emulator, testing and bug tracking tools, software management tools
and Azingo's reference mobile phone applications that use the LiMo
platform's application programming interfaces (APIs). Azingo's
technology will improve LiMo members' ability to eliminate redundant
and unnecessary development while reducing fragmentation in the Linux
mobile handset market.
"LiMo selected Azingo because its technology is ideally suited to
managing, integrating and testing an advanced mobile phone platform
comprised of software contributed from a global ecosystem of mobile
phone manufacturers and the open source community," said Morgan
Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation. "All future
contributors to LiMo's mobile phone platform will use our common
integration environment powered by Azingo's technology."
"We are honored that the industry's leading operators and handset
manufacturers have chosen to place their trust in us," said Mahesh
Veerina, CEO of Azingo. "We're pleased to have our technology play
such a central role in the future development of the industry's
next-generation of mobile phones."
The LiMo Foundation's Common Integration Environment will be
implemented in 2008 among its members. The CIE will be used by LiMo's
platform integration team and by each member's engineering team to
integrate and validate future software releases, maximizing
collaboration, eliminating redundant integration efforts and
shortening platform release schedules.
The LiMo Foundation was founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo,
Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics and Vodafone to
benefit the mobile industry by lowering development costs, increasing
flexibility and supporting a richer mobile ecosystem - all of which
contribute to the group's ultimate objective of creating compelling,
differentiated and enhanced consumer experiences. Azingo is a core
member of the LiMo Foundation.
About Azingo
Azingo, formerly Celunite, is a leading provider of open mobile
phone software that delivers Internet-enabled, rich user experiences
to entertain, inform and enrich the lives of mobile users worldwide.
Azingo uniquely offers a one-stop solution for designing and
commercializing new mobile phone products, selling its next generation
Linux platform together with comprehensive engineering services that
significantly reduce development costs and shorten delivery schedules
for chipset manufacturers, handset manufacturers, integrators and
operators. Azingo is privately-held with headquarters in Sunnyvale,
California. Visit www.azingo.com.
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