Sasken Adds Weight to Configurable Phone Initiative.SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Sophia Antipolis is a technology park northwest of Antibes and southwest of Nice, France. Much of the park falls within the commune of Valbonne. Created in 1970~84, it houses primarily companies in the fields of computing, electronics, pharmacology and biotechnology. , France -- Sasken, a world-class embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. telecommunications technology solution provider today announced that it has joined Open-Plug's Configurable Phone Initiative, a cross-industry venture to promote software flexibility in mobile phones. Unveiled at 3GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. , the 'Configurable Phone Initiative' supports the development of mobile phones with modular software See modular programming. architectures that are easy to adapt with new applications and user interface features during the life of the design - even while the phone is in the field. Leading networks, phone makers, IC vendors and application developers supporting the initiative. The two companies will demonstrate the joint offering during the 3GSM congress on the Sasken booth. Eric Baissus, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Open-Plug said, "We are delighted to welcome Sasken, one of the world's leading integrators and provider of telecommunications software solutions, into the Configurable Phone Initiative. Sasken partners with some of the world's top Terminal Device Manufacturers, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs), Semiconductor Companies and Operators, and their endorsement of this Initiative is a sign of the momentum that the concept of configurable phones has achieved in the industry." Prabhas Kumar, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Sasken added, "In order to make multimedia services based on 3G, 2.5G and EDGE attractive to networks and users alike, a completely new and more flexible approach to mobile phone software development is required. Armed with Open Plug's platform, our development teams have the capacity to excite the industry with innovative terminal and applications concepts that will enable new services and business concepts." Through the Configurable Phone Initiative, Sasken's development teams have access to a complete development and deployment framework from Open Plug, including the ELIPS ELIPS Extended Librarian Interactive Productivity Services (Sprint) Studio tool chain, providing a complete Software Development Environment to develop, integrate and download software applications on ELIPS enabled phones. They also have available to them complementary Configurable phones, and access to the ELIPS Mobile Edition and Component data base, providing a complete application framework and pre integrated applications, including the latest MMI (Man Machine Interface) See HMI. 1. MMI - Man-Machine Interface. 2. (company) MMI - The company which developed the first Programmable Array Logic devices. MMI was bought by AMD. , Messaging, Gaming, Email, Browsers, and other applications from Open-Plug's application software partners. Based around the Open-Plug ELIPS component based Linux framework, field proven mass market phone devices can be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: on demand at production or in the field with new services and applications. This is the first time operators have been offered the opportunity to deploy new applications or user interfaces to phones in this way. About Sasken: Sasken is a world-class embedded telecom technology company offering a unique combination of complementary IP software components, research and development consultancy and software services to leading semiconductor manufacturers, network equipment companies, and global wireless handset developers. Established in 1989, Sasken employs over 2000 staff, operating from state-of-the-art research and development centres in Bangalore & Pune, India and has offices in Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Sweden, France, UK and US. About OpenPlug: Open-Plug was founded in the summer of 2002 by a team of developers with a strong background in embedded mobile software development, and familiar with the quickly expanding challenges associated with it. The company's aim is to provide to the mobile phone industry a tool framework, providing a unique Software design flow, which supports seamlessly and efficiently the value chain of embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. development for Mobile terminals. |
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