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Articles tagged with: Open Mobile Terminal Platform
OMTP Recommendations to make Mobile Terminal Testing not so 'Testing'
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP), a trade body working on future handset specifications, has announced the release of its Mobile Terminal Testing recommendation document. Its aims are to simplify the automated testing of different devices, reduce the time to market for new devices and services, and improve the quality of those devices and services in the marketplace. Inherent in the implementation of these recommendations is the potential for significantly reduced testing costs by manufacturers, operators and application developers. more
Comverse drives industry 'specs' for visual voicemail on mobile handsets
New industry specifications for visual voicemail, driven by Comverse, tier-1 operators and major handset vendors, have been adopted by the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP). The new global specifications for visual voicemail cover various factors, such as how messages are configured and retrieved on mobile handsets. This type of universal consistency can enable visual voicemail to be offered by operators and handset vendors to virtually all customers, which would help boost its penetration. more
Related Tags: visual-voicemail, comverse, security, life
OMTP Defines Standardised Interface for Visual Voice Mail
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has issued its latest recommendation document which defines an open and standardised interface between Visual Voice Mail (VVM) clients and voice mail servers. By gaining consensus for this key enabler between operators and vendors, market fragmentation can be avoided. more
Related Tags: omtp, visual-voicemail, sms, sim, t-mobile, tim, iden
Economic Slowdown Accelerates Linux Growth in Mobile Handsets
With deteriorating global economic conditions making their impact felt in the wireless industry, handset OEMs and mobile network operators are looking to Linux-based operating systems to cut costs and diversify their handset portfolios. more
Related Tags: smartphone, motorola, ict, huawei, vodafone, driving, lte, ims-research, ims, open-source, linux, presence, play
Mobile Linux Group Gains New Associate Member
Purple Labs, a supplier of embedded Linux solutions for mobile phones, has announced that it has joined the LiMo Foundation, which is developing a Linux based software platform for mobile phones. In joining the LiMo Foundation as an Associate member, Purple Labs becomes the first commercial Linux platform for feature phones in the consortium. more
Related Tags: docomo, smartphones, samsung, limo-foundation, linux, chipset
Open Mobile Terminal Group Gets a Bit More Open
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) says that it has opened its product profile conformance process to everyone who is interested. Previously, only paid up members of the group could access the test cases. From now on, any organisation can check its products (including applications) against OMTP requirements and make declarations of compliance. This means that application developers and any vendor of devices or service platforms can demonstrate their compliance with the corresponding requirements from the operator community. more
Standards Published for Mobile Software that make Regular Data Connections
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has published a set of guidelines for mobile software developers which is designed to standardise how often and methods for mobile phones to make data connections without per-request permissions from the user - such as regularly checking for emails. more
Open Handset Platform Joins with Korean Partners
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Wireless Internet Standardization Forum (KWISF), creators of WIPI (Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability). more
Related Tags: omtp, o2, telefonica-o2
Open Handset Group Announces New Participants
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) has announced that LG Electronics, Intel and the Toshiba have joined the OMTP, strengthening and supporting the organisation's work to set recommendations for service enablers on mobile devices. more
Related Tags: omtp, toshiba, tim
Operators Want More Secure Handsets
The operator led forum, the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) says that the mobile community will be placing mobile security and the protection of the customer high upon its 2007 agenda as the volume of smartphone devices increases and they become a bigger target for the writers of malicious software. Following 18 months of detailed work within OMTP including an extensive usability study, the OMTP has issued its Application Security Framework which details the way in which the phone can restrict applications from accessing those functions which might be abused by malicious software. more
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