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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 02:00 |
Open-Plug appoints Gilles Delfassy as Chairman of the Board of Directors Sophia Antipolis, France and Taipei, Taiwan ROC – November 19th, 2008 – Open- Plug today announced that Mr. Gilles Delfassy has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors.
As the leader of Texas Instruments’ wireless business from its inception until 2007, Gilles Delfassy built a multi-billion dollar operation and the industry’s leading supplier of semiconductors for the wireless handset market. TI created the OMAP™ platform under his leadership, which was the first widely adopted application processor to enable multimedia on mobile phones. He and his team also developed the single-chip mobile phone technology called “LoCosto,” bringing affordable mobile phones to people in China, India and Africa for the very first time.
“I am delighted to join Open Plug as its chairman,” said Delfassy. “The company will play an even more important role in the wireless ecosystem as the sophistication of handset applications and services continues to increase. Open-Plug makes it simple and cost effective for handset manufacturers to bring to market the exciting new features consumers are demanding.”
Eric Baissus, CEO and co-founder of Open-Plug noted: “Gilles brings vast experience and in-depth knowledge of the wireless handset market. His strategic guidance is extremely valuable as we are entering into a new phase of growth sustained by the strong demand from the handset market for highly flexible, cost effective and portable software solutions.”
About Open-Plug
Open-Plug creates and commercializes ELIPS, the first open application development environment designed for mass-market mobile phones. Already shipped in millions of devices, ELIPS enables software companies, handset makers and mobile operators to create and deploy mobile applications, rich user interfaces and complete software solutions, in record time. Founded in 2002, Open-Plug is a private company financed by leading international venture capital investors. Headquartered in France, the company also operates in Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. Open-Plug is a member of the LiMo Foundation (Linux Mobile Foundation). For more information, visit www.open-plug.com
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