Recent Accomplishments Highlight the Success of MontaVista Linux in Extending Quality, Integration, and Speed of Development for Mobile Phone Manufacturers
More Than 85 Percent of LiMo Mobile Phones Were Built with
MontaVista Linux
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
MontaVista(R) Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux(R)
commercialization, today revealed several developments that highlight
the success of MontaVista Linux in extending quality, integration,
innovative features, and speed of development for manufacturers of
mobile devices. In recent months, MontaVista Linux expanded its
integration with Linux-based mobile software stacks, became the first
and only mobile Linux to earn IPv6 certification, collected industry
awards for innovation, and powered dozens of new mobile devices,
including more than 85 percent of the first mobile devices launched on
the LiMo Platform.
"MontaVista is a member of the LiMo Foundation, and endorses the
foundation's goal of increasing the adoption of Linux operating system
software in cell phones and other mobile devices," said Joerg
Bertholdt, vice president of marketing for MontaVista Software. "We
are proud that out of the first 25 mobile devices that use the LiMo
Platform, 22 were built with MontaVista Linux by our customers such as
Motorola, NEC, and Panasonic."
"NEC has manufactured mobile phones with MontaVista Linux for
years, and MontaVista and NEC both support the LiMo Platform," said
Mr. Kazuo Nishidai, vice president and senior general manager, Mobile
Terminals Products Development Operations Unit, NEC Corporation. "We
look forward to MontaVista's continued contributions to the Linux
software platform and ecosystem."
In addition to powering the lion's share of mobile phones based on
the LiMo Platform, MontaVista Linux accomplished additional
achievements in recent months:
-- MontaVista Linux became the only software to demonstrate
support of and integration with all major Linux mobile
software stacks. In addition to the LiMo Platform, these
include ALP (ACCESS Linux Platform), Android, and Movial.
-- MontaVista Mobilinux became the only mobile Linux certified by
the IPv6 Forum as being ready for IPv6, the successor to the
current version of the Internet Protocol. IPv6 is important
for the mobile industry because every mobile device requires
its own IP address. The growing number of mobile devices is
the force that is driving the Internet to move to IPv6. The
IPv6 Forum's list of all products certified as IPv6 Ready can
be found at:
http://www.ipv6ready.org/logo_db/approved_list_p2.php
-- MontaVista added support for new mobile device processors from
Freescale Semiconductor, Intel, and Texas Instruments.
-- MontaVista Mobilinux 5.0 earned Embedded Computing Design's
Editor's Choice Award, and won the EDN Innovation Award as the
software for embedded developers that best "demonstrated
innovation that resulted in a significant advance in
technology."
-- The world's first Linux-based WiMAX mobile handset was
designed and built by EB Corporation and NextWave(TM) Wireless
with MontaVista Mobilinux in only nine months.
MontaVista Mobilinux is an optimized Linux operating system
including specialized features such as dynamic power management for
designing wireless handsets and other mobile devices such as MIDs
(mobile Internet devices), GPS devices, portable medical products, and
automotive infotainment. According to a research report published
earlier this year by the Mobile Consumer Lab of the International
University of Japan, "MontaVista Mobilinux currently dominates the
Linux market for wireless devices, having implemented over 90 percent
of Linux-based smartphones shipped in 2007."
About MontaVista Software
MontaVista Software, Inc. is the leader in embedded Linux
commercialization. MontaVista helps embedded developers get the most
out of open source by adding commercial quality, integration, hardware
enablement, expert support, and the resources of the MontaVista
development community. Because MontaVista customers enjoy faster time
to market, more competitive device functionality, and lower total
cost, more devices have been deployed with MontaVista than with any
other Linux. To learn more, please visit www.mvista.com.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United
States and other countries. MontaVista is a registered trademark of
MontaVista Software, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
Connect Public Relations
Chris Walker, 801-373-7888
chrisw@connectpr.com
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