RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.----TapRoot Systems Inc., a leading provider of embedded software solutions
and reference platforms for Smartphones announced today participation in
Linux Mobile Communications Conference in Beijing, China, on August 28th.
The Linux Mobile Communications Conference is being co-hosted by China
Academy Telecommunication Researches CATR of The Chinese Ministry of
Information Industry and Trolltech®, a
provider of leading technologies that make advanced software faster to
build and easier to use.
As a silver sponsor, TapRoot will be demonstrating LinuxTel™,
which is their commercial grade Linux Telephony software. LinuxTel
provides the important bridge between the underlying hardware and the
applications layer by using a comprehensive set of API’s
for communication with 2G to 3G networks. LinuxTel increases
productivity for phone developers by providing the hardware and
telephony services abstraction layers. The telephony solution supports
Trolltech’s Qtopia Greensuite initiative.
“Development of Linux mobile phones is on the
rise and is changing the landscape of the mobile phone industry,”
said Rick Phung, TapRoot Director of Product Management. “Our
LinuxTel telephony software is a critical piece of the offering for
mobile phone development. We are looking forward to demonstrating the
capabilities of LinuxTel at the Linux Mobile Communication Conference.”
In addition, TapRoot provides a host of other Smartphone software
solutions for Linux including Wireless LAN and WiMAX technologies. These
include: device drivers for market leading 802.11 chipsets, security
supplicants, advanced roaming technologies, optimized power management
and testing tools to enable customers to quickly deliver high quality
Linux based devices.
By 2011, the number of advanced mobile phones that run Linux OS is
expected to increase to 127 million from 8.1 million this year,
according to ABI research. Worldwide mobile phone sales reached $115.5
billion in 2006, and WiFi phone sales topped $535 million, up 13 percent
and 327 percent from 2005, respectively, says analyst firm Infonetics
Research.
About TapRoot Systems Inc.
TapRoot Systems, Inc. provides embedded software products and system
integration services for the global mobile phone marketplace. The
company specializes in dual-mode telephony and WLAN solutions for the
industry's major mobile operation systems; Microsoft®
Windows Mobile®, Linux™
Mobile, and Symbian®. TapRoot Systems Inc. is
a Microsoft® development partner, a MontaVista™
Mobilinux™ Partner, a Symbian Platinum
Partner, a S60 Contractor and a S60 Wireless Technology Provider.
TapRoot Systems is a privately held, venture-funded corporation
headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA, with development
facilities in Dallas, Texas, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Shanghai,
China. TapRoot sales offices are located in the United States, London,
Taipei, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo.
More information about Trolltech, Qtopia and the Linux Mobile
Communications Conference can be found at: www.trolltech.com.
