Movial
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Movial is a privately held software engineering company focused on Internet enabled devices in consumer electronics and telecommunications industries. The company’s software solutions enable rich Internet browsing and IP communications across multiple devices including PCs
, smart phones, netbook
s, smartbook
s, laptop
s, touch screen devices, cars and set-top-boxes. The company’s service offering includes device concept and user interface design, third-party application, service and platform integration, consulting, training, product maintenance and support. Device manufacturers and operators leverage Movial’s creative and custom systems integration services, including its Android, MeeGo
and Qt (framework)services, to help them increase ROI, and to streamline and speed product development utilizing open Linux platforms and ready-to-use applications. The company was founded in Helsinki
, Finland
in 2001 by Lauri Vilamo, Jari Ala-Ruona and Jon Molander http://www.movial.com/aboutus/aboutmovial/management/. The company is well known for having created Scratchbox
, a cross-compilation toolkit designed to make embedded Linux application development easier and for contributing its Browser D-Bus Bridge code, which allows developers to build widgets that can incorporate phone capabilities such as instant messaging
and audio to the Open Source
Community. In 2008, the company was recognized by the Linux Foundation
for being one of the key contributors to the Linux kernel.
Movial is also noted for enabling mobile operator Optimus Telecomunicações, to extend its services to PC users for the first time, via the Movial Communicator PC solution, increasing its subscriber base and offering its more than 2.8 million existing subscribers an additional channel for multimedia communication.The company is also a member of the GSMA's RCS and VoLTE (Voice over LTE) initiative..
and MMTel) application for device manufacturers and service providers and Movial IXS Internet Experience Suite, a white label toolkit and web runtime environment for Linux
devices.
Movial's products are used in PCs, mobile phones, netbooks, smartbooks, laptops, touch screen devices, media phones, car infotainment systems and set-top-boxes.
Movial customers and partners include Adobe,ARM BMW,Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Qt Qualcomm Samsung and Texas Instruments Examples of Movial Communicator customers are Orange, Optimus and Telefonica. The company claims it has the most commercial deployments of PC IMS clients in the world
, Linux
, Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile
operating systems. Movial Communicator is a foundational component of the GSMA Rich Communication Suite program (RCS). Movial Communicator's phone book integrated end-user experience includes 1-to-1 chat, group chat, video calling, instant sharing of images or video during a voice call, and file transfer. Movial's RCS client is available on Symbian S60 3rd edition FP2 and desktop operating systems.
is a multiplatform widget runtime. It includes a set of premade widgets and offers tools for creating new widgets and optimization of widgets for different input methods and screen resolutions. The runtime utilizes Movial's Browser D-Bus Bridge which allows access to system level services and enables creation of system integrated widgets such as VoIP calls and video players.
Movial IXS Widgets automatically track widget downloads and usage per user. Detailed usage data allows for better understanding and profiling of users. New widgets can be deployed to the users via the online widget repository based on their usage profiles.
, D-Bus Bridge and Octopus Media Engine.
Movial is a member of LiMo Foundation
.
Architecture support includes both ARM and x86 architectures.
PCS
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, smart phones, netbook
Netbook
Netbooks are a category of small, lightweight, legacy-free, and inexpensive laptop computers.At their inception in late 2007 as smaller notebooks optimized for low weight and low cost — netbooks omitted certain features , featured smaller screens and keyboards, and offered reduced computing...
s, smartbook
Smartbook
A smartbook was a class of mobile device that combined certain features of both a smartphone and netbook computer, promoted in 2009 and 2010....
s, laptop
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
s, touch screen devices, cars and set-top-boxes. The company’s service offering includes device concept and user interface design, third-party application, service and platform integration, consulting, training, product maintenance and support. Device manufacturers and operators leverage Movial’s creative and custom systems integration services, including its Android, MeeGo
MeeGo
MeeGo is a Linux-based open source mobile operating system project. Primarily targeted at mobile devices and information appliances in the consumer electronics market, MeeGo is designed to act as an operating system for hardware platforms such as netbooks, entry-level desktops, nettops, tablet...
and Qt (framework)services, to help them increase ROI, and to streamline and speed product development utilizing open Linux platforms and ready-to-use applications. The company was founded in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
in 2001 by Lauri Vilamo, Jari Ala-Ruona and Jon Molander http://www.movial.com/aboutus/aboutmovial/management/. The company is well known for having created Scratchbox
Scratchbox
Scratchbox is a Linux embedded application development toolkit which also provides cross compilation support for Linux distributions.The project has been initially developed by Movial and sponsored by Nokia...
, a cross-compilation toolkit designed to make embedded Linux application development easier and for contributing its Browser D-Bus Bridge code, which allows developers to build widgets that can incorporate phone capabilities such as instant messaging
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
and audio to the Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
Community. In 2008, the company was recognized by the Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a non-profit technology consortium chartered to foster the growth of Linux.Founded in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group , the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading...
for being one of the key contributors to the Linux kernel.
Movial is also noted for enabling mobile operator Optimus Telecomunicações, to extend its services to PC users for the first time, via the Movial Communicator PC solution, increasing its subscriber base and offering its more than 2.8 million existing subscribers an additional channel for multimedia communication.The company is also a member of the GSMA's RCS and VoLTE (Voice over LTE) initiative..
Company
Movial provides services and software products to operators and device manufacturers. The company's products include Movial Communicator, a SIP/IMS (RCSRCS
RCS may refer to:Clubs and societies*Racing Club de Strasbourg*Radcliffe Choral Society*Royal College of Science*Royal College of Surgeons*Royal Commonwealth SocietyTechnology*Radar cross-section*Radio Computing Services*Reaction control system...
and MMTel) application for device manufacturers and service providers and Movial IXS Internet Experience Suite, a white label toolkit and web runtime environment for Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
devices.
Movial's products are used in PCs, mobile phones, netbooks, smartbooks, laptops, touch screen devices, media phones, car infotainment systems and set-top-boxes.
Movial customers and partners include Adobe,ARM BMW,Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Qt Qualcomm Samsung and Texas Instruments Examples of Movial Communicator customers are Orange, Optimus and Telefonica. The company claims it has the most commercial deployments of PC IMS clients in the world
History
Movial is a pioneer in mobile Linux and IMS client solutions having participated in creating the first mobile Linux device in the world. The company was formed in 2001.- 2001 Company founded in Helsinki, Finland.
- 2003 First company in the world to cross-compile GTK for an embedded device with touch screen.
- 2004 Company launches Push-to-video Phone, IM, and Video Camera in one application on Nokia's first S60 phone
- 2005 Movial launches Communicator client products for PC and Consumer Electronics
- 2006 Movial Joins LiPS Forum and helps launch the COnverged MEssaging Technology (COMET) consortium Company provides an IMS Client to Trolltech's Greenphone for 3GSM World Congress 2006.
- 2007 Movial is first company to use web technology in mobile user interface creation, ARM selects Movial to Create a Free Open Source Platform for Next-Gen Mobile Applications.
- 2008 Company receives FierceMobileContent "Top Mobile Application" Award and is named an Infovision Award finalist. Joins GSMA’s RCS program, LiMo and Khronos Group. Launches Social Communicator at Demo '08. Movial IXS Application Suite launches on Texas Instruments OMAP™3 Platform.
- 2009 Optimus in Portugal "PC-Enables" all mobile phone subscriptions with Movial Communicator. Movial announces support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset. The company announces it will integrate, test, and certify Adobe® Flash® technology in embedded mobile environments that utilize ARM based Linux under the Open Screen Project. Movial established in Romania (Iasi), United States (Palo Alto) and Taiwan (Taipei).
- 2010 Company launches new cross platform Movial IXS Browser running on QtWebKit enabling developers to deploy and port touchscreen optimzed User Interface code across any device Company wins "Best RCS Client" award for its Movial Communicator PC 8 Client in the GSMA Rich Communication Suite DevChallenge competition
Products
Movial’s flagship products are Movial Communicator and Movial IXS Internet Experience Suite.Movial Communicator
Movial Communicator is SIP/IMS client conforming to OMA, IETF, RCS and MMTel standards. It is available on Windows, Mac OSMac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
, Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
, Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
operating systems. Movial Communicator is a foundational component of the GSMA Rich Communication Suite program (RCS). Movial Communicator's phone book integrated end-user experience includes 1-to-1 chat, group chat, video calling, instant sharing of images or video during a voice call, and file transfer. Movial's RCS client is available on Symbian S60 3rd edition FP2 and desktop operating systems.
Movial IXS Internet Experience Suite
Movial IXS Internet Experience Suite is an embedded web runtime solution that consists of a suite of tools and applications for fast creation of Linux-based Internet enabled devices. Movial IXS Browser leverages QtWebKit to provide a desktop-like browsing experience on all connected Linux based devices. The solution supports the multi-core capabilities of the latest ARM® CortexTM-A9 based chips and has been optimized for the latest Internet devices. Movial IXS WidgetsWidget engine
In computer software, a widget engine is a software service available to users for running and displaying applets on a graphical user interface, such as that of the desktop.The widget model in widget engines is attractive because of ease of development...
is a multiplatform widget runtime. It includes a set of premade widgets and offers tools for creating new widgets and optimization of widgets for different input methods and screen resolutions. The runtime utilizes Movial's Browser D-Bus Bridge which allows access to system level services and enables creation of system integrated widgets such as VoIP calls and video players.
Movial IXS Widgets automatically track widget downloads and usage per user. Detailed usage data allows for better understanding and profiling of users. New widgets can be deployed to the users via the online widget repository based on their usage profiles.
Linux support and open source projects
Movial is well known in the industry for its contributions to the Open Source Community. Key contributions include ScratchboxScratchbox
Scratchbox is a Linux embedded application development toolkit which also provides cross compilation support for Linux distributions.The project has been initially developed by Movial and sponsored by Nokia...
, D-Bus Bridge and Octopus Media Engine.
Movial is a member of LiMo Foundation
LiMo Foundation
The LiMo Foundation is an non-profit technology consortium organization dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphone mobile devices...
.
Architecture support includes both ARM and x86 architectures.
Partners
- Adobe SystemsAdobe SystemsAdobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
- Alcatel-LucentAlcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...
- ARM HoldingsARM HoldingsARM Holdings plc is a British multinational semiconductor and software company headquartered in Cambridge. Its largest business is in processors, although it also designs, licenses and sells software development tools under the RealView and KEIL brands, systems and platforms, system-on-a-chip...
- Colibria
- EricssonEricssonEricsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...
- Global IP Sound
- Intel
- Qt (framework)
- QualcommQualcommQualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...
- Texas InstrumentsTexas InstrumentsTexas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
External links
- Company page
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