OpenPlug
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OpenPlug is a French
company focused on mobile applications development tools and software for mobile phones. The company was founded in August 2002 by Eric Baissus and David Lamy-Charrier. Before OpenPlug, they were in charge of the reference software solution for Texas Instruments
2G and 2.5 product lines.
Alcatel-Lucent
announced it had acquired OpenPlug on September, 1 2010.
OpenPlug has developed several mobile software technology products and development tools aimed at mobile phone
OEM
s, ODM
s and chipset
vendors as well as mobile application developers
.
OpenPlug also provides professional services
in the above areas.
development environment (SDK) for native mobile applications. ELIPS Studio is provided as plugin to Adobe Systems
’ Flex Builder IDE that allows compilation of Applications developed in Actionscript
and MXML
using Adobe’s Flex
framework into native code and installable application packages for iPhone
, Android, Windows Mobile
and Symbian
devices. It also offers Actionscript API
s for accessing a smartphone
’s on-device features and extra APIs for displaying native GUI widgets. ELIPS Studio was first unveiled at the Mobile World Congress
show in February 2009 and its beta programme was started at Adobe MAX
in October 2009. ELIPS Studio is available as a commercial product since August 2010.
ELIPS Stack is a 3G
cellular telephony stack designed to be integrated into Linux
-based mobile devices, such as Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), smartphones, netbooks. It includes all the middleware necessary for telephony applications and User Interface to make use of a 3G
radio modem, such as: voice call, video call, SMS
, MMS
. It includes a 3G-324M video call stack from ENEA AB
. A smartphone
reference design based on Intel’s Moorestown processor with the moblin OS and including ELIPS Stack has been shown at the CES 2010 show by Aavamobile.
ELIPS Suite is a Man-Machine Interface (MMI
) software stack implementing a reference User Interface and middleware for 2G
and 3G
feature phones. It also integrates a range of optional 3rd-party modules such as: Java ME JVM from Myriad Group
(formerly Esmertec), WAP browser and MMS stack from Comviva (formerly Jataayu Software), predictive text input method engine and complex script renderer from Nuance Communications
(following acquisitions of Zi Corp and nCore), SyncML
stack from Sybase iAnywhere, OMA DRM
from Safenet (following the acquisition of BeepScience), amongst others. ELIPS Suite is supplied with an SDK plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio
that includes a mobile phone simulator. The ELIPS Suite SDK exposes C APIs like POSIX
and Gtk and provides an application framework
that enforces a component-based software development model optimized for the memory and CPU constraints of mobile phones. ELIPS Suite has been ported to several ARM architecture mobile phone processors from vendors like ST-Ericsson
(formerly Philips
NXP Semiconductors) and Texas Instruments
. ELIPS Suite has been used to create the SonyEricsson J132 mobile phone.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
company focused on mobile applications development tools and software for mobile phones. The company was founded in August 2002 by Eric Baissus and David Lamy-Charrier. Before OpenPlug, they were in charge of the reference software solution for Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
2G and 2.5 product lines.
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-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...
announced it had acquired OpenPlug on September, 1 2010.
OpenPlug has developed several mobile software technology products and development tools aimed at mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
OEM
OEM
OEM means the original manufacturer of a component for a product, which may be resold by another company.OEM may also refer to:-Computing:* OEM font, or OEM-US, the original character set of the IBM PC, circa 1981...
s, ODM
Original Design Manufacturer
An original design manufacturer is a company which designs and manufactures a product which is specified and eventually branded by another firm for sale. Such companies allow the brand firm to produce without having to engage in the organization or running of a factory...
s and chipset
Chipset
A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...
vendors as well as mobile application developers
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...
.
OpenPlug also provides professional services
Professional services
Professional services is an industry of infrequent, technical, or unique functions performed by independent contractors or by consultants whose occupation is the rendering of such services....
in the above areas.
Products
ELIPS Studio is a cross-platformCross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
development environment (SDK) for native mobile applications. ELIPS Studio is provided as plugin to Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
’ Flex Builder IDE that allows compilation of Applications developed in Actionscript
ActionScript
ActionScript is an object-oriented language originally developed by Macromedia Inc. . It is a dialect of ECMAScript , and is used primarily for the development of websites and software targeting the Adobe Flash Player platform, used on Web pages in the form of...
and MXML
MXML
MXML is an XML-based user interface markup language first introduced by Macromedia in March 2004. Application developers use MXML in combination with ActionScript to develop rich Internet applications, with products such as Adobe Flex....
using Adobe’s Flex
Adobe Flex
Adobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...
framework into native code and installable application packages for iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
, Android, 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...
and Symbian
Symbian
Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...
devices. It also offers Actionscript API
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
s for accessing a smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
’s on-device features and extra APIs for displaying native GUI widgets. ELIPS Studio was first unveiled at the Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress
The GSMA Mobile World Congress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world...
show in February 2009 and its beta programme was started at Adobe MAX
Adobe MAX
The Adobe MAX is an annual event held by Adobe Systems in North America, Europe and Japan. The purpose of the event is to promote the latest Adobe releases to those in the computer design and development industries....
in October 2009. ELIPS Studio is available as a commercial product since August 2010.
ELIPS Stack is a 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
cellular telephony stack designed to be integrated into 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...
-based mobile devices, such as Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), smartphones, netbooks. It includes all the middleware necessary for telephony applications and User Interface to make use of a 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
radio modem, such as: voice call, video call, SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
, MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service
Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.The most popular use is to send photographs from...
. It includes a 3G-324M video call stack from ENEA AB
ENEA AB
ENEA is global information technology company with its headquarters in Kista, Sweden that provides real-time operating systems and consulting services...
. A smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
reference design based on Intel’s Moorestown processor with the moblin OS and including ELIPS Stack has been shown at the CES 2010 show by Aavamobile.
ELIPS Suite is a Man-Machine Interface (MMI
User interface
The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...
) software stack implementing a reference User Interface and middleware for 2G
2G
2G is short for second-generation wireless telephone technology. Second generation 2G cellular telecom networks were commercially launched on the GSM standard in Finland by Radiolinja in 1991...
and 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
feature phones. It also integrates a range of optional 3rd-party modules such as: Java ME JVM from Myriad Group
Myriad Group
Myriad Group is a French/Swiss software company in the mobile phone sector. It was established in 2009 by the merge of the companies Purple Labs and Esmertec. The two companies had mostly common owners, and the deal was executed so that Esmertec, a publicly listed company, acquired Purple Labs in...
(formerly Esmertec), WAP browser and MMS stack from Comviva (formerly Jataayu Software), predictive text input method engine and complex script renderer from Nuance Communications
Nuance Communications
Nuance Communications is a multinational computer software technology corporation, headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA, that provides speech and imaging applications...
(following acquisitions of Zi Corp and nCore), SyncML
SyncML
SyncML is the former name for a platform-independent information synchronization standard. The project is currently referred to as Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management...
stack from Sybase iAnywhere, OMA DRM
OMA DRM
OMA DRM is a Digital Rights Management system invented by the Open Mobile Alliance, whose members represent mobile phone manufacturers , mobile system manufacturers , mobile phone network operators OMA DRM is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) system invented by the Open Mobile Alliance, whose...
from Safenet (following the acquisition of BeepScience), amongst others. ELIPS Suite is supplied with an SDK plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop console and graphical user interface applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed code for all...
that includes a mobile phone simulator. The ELIPS Suite SDK exposes C APIs like POSIX
POSIX
POSIX , an acronym for "Portable Operating System Interface", is a family of standards specified by the IEEE for maintaining compatibility between operating systems...
and Gtk and provides an application framework
Application framework
In computer programming, an application framework consists of a software framework used by software developers to implement the standard structure of an application for a specific development environment ....
that enforces a component-based software development model optimized for the memory and CPU constraints of mobile phones. ELIPS Suite has been ported to several ARM architecture mobile phone processors from vendors like ST-Ericsson
ST-Ericsson
ST-Ericsson is a global wireless platform and semiconductor supplier to four of the top five mobile handset manufacturers. ST-Ericsson is a 50/50 joint venture of Ericsson and STMicroelectronics established on February 3, 2009...
(formerly Philips
Philips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
NXP Semiconductors) and Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
. ELIPS Suite has been used to create the SonyEricsson J132 mobile phone.
Industry awards and alliances
- In 2005, OpenPlug co-founded the LiPSLIPSLinguistic and Intercultural Preparation of Students for the workplace is a European Commission-funded project.It has developed pilot measures to improve students' skills and competences for their successful completion of work experiences abroad .LIPS developed an online course which is based on...
Forum. - In 2006, OpenPlug appeared in the RedHerring 100 Europe list. The GSM AssociationGSM AssociationThe GSM Association is an association of mobile operators and related companies devoted to supporting the standardizing, deployment and promotion of the GSM mobile telephone system...
also recognised OpenPlug for its component-based software technology for mobile phones with a Mobile Innovation Award. - In 2008, OpenPlug joined the LiMo FoundationLiMo FoundationThe 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...
. - In 2009, OpenPlug ranked 12th nationwide in France in the Deloitte Technology Fast50 ranking.of fast growing technology companies and received the OSEO innovation prize.