BARCELONA, Spain, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Further Mobile Technology Leaders from All Parts of the Value System 
Join LiMo to Accelerate the Delivery of Innovative New Handsets, Applications 
and Services

Mobile World Congress -- LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile
leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry,
announced today the addition of several new member companies, including
ACCESS CO., LTD., AMD (NYSE: AMD), FueTrek, Open-Plug, Orange, Renesas
Technology Corp., Samsung SDS, SoftBank and STMicroelectronics. These nine
new entrants, which expand LiMo's membership to 32 since launching in January
2007, will join forces with existing LiMo members to deliver an open handset
platform for the whole mobile industry.

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"LiMo has made great progress in just 12 months and is completely on
schedule with its planned deliverables, making this a very exciting period
for the mobile industry," said Morgan Gillis, executive director, LiMo
Foundation. "This further surge in membership is a clear indication that LiMo
is extremely well positioned to quickly deliver exciting new handsets,
applications and services that will provide the best possible mobile user
experience."

LiMo Foundation is blending community-based development benefits of
transparency, innovation and scalability with the best development practices
from the mobile community worldwide to create an innovative new business
model with widespread adoption.

"LiMo's unwavering commitment to delivering an open mobile platform
combined with its transparent, inclusive and not-for-profit approach is
attracting full industry engagement," said NTT DoCoMo's Kiyohito Nagata,
chairperson of LiMo Foundation. "We are excited to have such an impressive
array of global companies on board as new members and we welcome their
collective contribution, which will speed the creation of the world's first
globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices."

The LiMo Platform(TM) -- leveraging standards and open-source projects --
is a modular, plug-in-based, hardware-independent architecture built around
an open operating system, with a secure run-time environment for support of
downloaded applications. LiMo's application programming interface (API)
specifications are available now at www.limofoundation.org.

Guido Arnone, Director of Terminals Technology, Vodafone, and vice
chairperson of LiMo Foundation, added: "This latest wave of new members
further strengthens the LiMo ecosystem and will help accelerate our shared
vision for a large and open mobile community, which will in turn help unlock
innovation with substantial benefits for customers."

LiMo's technology will be showcased in Booth 8b135, Hall 8 at Mobile
World Congress, February 11-14 in Barcelona.

LiMo Foundation is open to all vendors and service providers in the
mobile communications marketplace, including device manufacturers, operators,
chipset manufacturers, independent software vendors, integrators and
third-party developers. Foundation members have the opportunity to
participate in building an active ecosystem and have the ability to influence
the evolution of the platform, leaving them free to provide compelling and
differentiated services to customers.

About LiMo Foundation

LiMo Foundation is a dedicated consortium of mobile industry leaders
working together within an open and transparent governance model -- with
shared leadership and shared decision making -- to deliver an open and
globally consistent handset software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use
by the whole mobile industry. A full description of the foundation, including
the vision, goals, charter, guiding principles, bylaws and membership
information, can be found at www.limofoundation.org.

Additional Supporting Quotes

ACCESS CO., LTD.

"Our motivation to join LiMo grew out of our longstanding dedication to
accelerating Mobile Linux innovation," said Toru Arakawa, CEO, president and
co-founder of ACCESS. "Mobile users are demanding easier-to-use products with
more sophisticated applications. Our experience in developing the ACCESS
Linux Platform(TM) and our work with the LiMo Foundation will help to meet
these demands and hasten the development and delivery of new, innovative
products. Together with Orange and the other Founder members, we look forward
to playing a key role in bringing Mobile Linux innovations to market."

AMD

"AMD is committed to driving a strong mobile ecosystem to unleash
state-of-the-art graphics and multimedia across a range of handheld devices,"
said Adrian Hartog, senior vice president and general manager, AMD's Consumer
Electronics Group. "AMD's participation in the LiMo foundation is a natural
extension of our work to develop innovative, open platforms that enable The
Ultimate Visual Experience(TM) for mobile consumers everywhere."

FueTrek

"With such significant developments in the mobile value chain we are
encouraged to contribute our viable design experience and expertise to LiMo's
software platform," said Hideyuki Fujiki, President and CEO of FueTrek. "We
are very excited to join the lineup of LiMo members and look forward to
working with some of the biggest and most innovative players in the mobile
industry."

Open-Plug

"We are very pleased to join the Limo Foundation. As a provider of
component technologies and optimized IP for embedded software, Open-Plug is
committed to contribute in making LiMo widely adopted by the wireless
industry," said Eric Baissus, Chief Executive Officer of Open-Plug.

Orange

"Orange was one of the first mobile operators to make significant strides
in open source innovation," commented Yves Maitre, senior vice president,
devices, Orange. "Our vision is for a truly open mobile community which
delivers richer mobile services, more affordable devices and a better
experience for our customers. We have already achieved part of this vision
through the foundation of the LiPS Forum. Today, we are taking our vision one
step further by joining LiMo as a Founder member, unifying the Mobile Linux
industry and creating an extraordinary level of openness that will accelerate
the delivery of these new and compelling mobile services."

Renesas Technology Corp.

"Renesas is very pleased to become a member of the LiMo Foundation," said
Ikuya Kawasaki, general manager of System Solution Business Unit 2 at Renesas
Technology Corp." Having an established position as a mobile phone platform
provider with its SH-Mobile G series, Renesas believes that it can use its
experience to make a valuable contribution to the consortium and to make LiMo
the preferred open handset solution."

Samsung SDS

"Samsung SDS is delighted to become a LiMo member," said Scott Koo, Vice
President, Samsung SDS. "We have grown to provide thought leadership to our
customers across all industries and joining LiMo shows our commitment to the
creation of an open platform based on Linux which will greatly benefit the
mobile industry."

STMicroelectronics

"STMicroelectronics is planning to integrate the Linux open handset
software platform, as defined by the LiMo Foundation, on its leading-edge
Nomadik mobile multimedia application processor platform," said Patrice
Meilland, Marketing Director of the Mobile, Multimedia and Communications
Group, STMicroelectronics. "We believe that the LiMo technology will take
full advantage of the Nomadik application processor's distributed
architecture and accelerated multimedia features."

Web site:  http://www.limofoundation.org