LiMo Foundation announced today further growth as industry momentum continues behind its open software platform for mobile handsets with the addition of several new members. Included in the roster of prestigious LiMo new member organizations are Acrodea, ETRI, Huawei, Purple Labs, and Trolltech.

Launched in January 2007 by six mobile industry leaders – Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics and Vodafone – LiMo was formed to deliver an open and globally consistent software platform based upon mobile Linux for use by the whole industry to catalyze next generation mobile consumer experiences.

“We are excited to see such a serious level of industry commitment to the creation of an open mobile terminal platform which will have such a positive impact on next-generation mobile user experiences,” said NTT DoCoMo’s Kiyohito Nagata, chairman of the LiMo Foundation. “This further increase in membership demonstrates the continuing momentum that is building an ever richer mobile ecosystem upon the LiMo platform.”

The LiMo Foundation is open to all vendors and service providers in the mobile communications marketplace, including device manufacturers, operators, chip set 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