Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum Completes Release of 1.0 Specifications

The
Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum today announced completion of the
LiPS Release 1.0 specifications, fulfilling the commitment announced in
June of this year. With this release, LiPS enables mobile industry
players to achieve basic interoperability for applications and services
deployed on Linux-based phones, benefiting Linux-based
software stack suppliers, mobile device OEMs and regional and global
telecom operators. These specifications include the LiPS Reference
Model, Telephony, Messaging, Calendaring and Scheduling, Presence, User
Interface Services, Address Book and Voice Call Enablers APIs. 

 

In
contrast to recent announcements from other bodies promoting
Linux-based mobile software, LiPS output targets interoperability
through real open standards and specifications, not de facto acceptance
of a single platform implementation. The completed open specifications are publicly available on the LiPS web site at http://www.lipsforum.org [1].

From Open Standards to Standards-based Phones

The principal advantage to real open standards comes from choice of implementation. As with all formal standards, the challenge lies in moving from “paper standards” to creating code and actual devices. To that end, LiPS Forum members are already building software and equipment that follow the LiPS specifications. LiPS
members and their peers across the mobile ecosystem have the choice of
creating their own versions of LiPS-compliant code, of licensing
implementations from other LiPS members or third parties, or of
leveraging and contributing to open source implementations. “Standards-based
interoperability is crucial to the success of the global
telecommunications marketplace,” declared Haila Wang, president of the
LiPS Forum. “LiPS is following the clear path blazed by GSM, TCP/IP,
WiFi and other standards that enable communications among device types
and brands, over multiple operator networks and across regional
markets.”

Delivering on Industry Commitments

“The
completion and delivery of the LiPS 1.0 Specification illustrates the
power of cooperation among industry leaders,” noted Haila Wang. “LiPS
Forum owes a debt of gratitude to Architecture Working Group members,
and especially to chair Guilhem Ensuque of Open-Plug”. Having completed its commitments for 2007, LiPS Forum is setting its sights on additional specification work in 2008. Planned
for release are the Application Framework, advanced Services APIs,
Device Management APIs and additional Enabler APIs (e.g., for
multimedia).

About LiPS Forum

The
Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum is a consortium of leading industry
players formed to standardize the Linux-based services and Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs) that most directly influence the
development, deployment and interoperability of applications and
user-level services.

 

LiPS
Forum was founded in November, 2005 to help accelerate the adoption of
Linux in fixed, mobile and converged devices. By standardizing
Linux-based services and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that
influence the development, deployment and interoperability of
applications as well as end-user services, device manufacturers, third
party software vendors and operators can increasingly differentiate
their offerings from competitors and generate revenue. The LiPS Forum
now comprises 20 companies from across the mobile industry ecosystem
and around the world.

 

The
founding members of the LiPS Forum are ACCESS, ARM, Cellon
International, Esmertec, France Telecom, Orange, Huawei Technologies,
MIZI Research, Inc., MontaVista Software, Inc., Open-Plug and
VirtualLogix

 

To learn more about LiPS, please visit www.lipsforum.org. To join, please email
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