Virtualisation service for phone hardware launched by OK Labs

Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) is launching the industry’s first mobile Virtualization Integration Practice (VIP) to provide consulting and training services that help customers to define requirements, validate design approaches, and support mobile phone product development.
Leading the practice offerings is a collaborative Discovery Service that helps OK Labs OKL4 users integrate virtualization into mobile handset hardware and software architecture. Other VIP Services include Training, Porting, Quick Start, Installation, and Engineering consulting. OK VIP Services help handset OEMs, mobile network operators (MNOs), and semiconductor suppliers to realize significant value from deploying mobile phone virtualization, and to propagate that value across the mobile ecosystem.
The VIP Discovery service takes into account not only the architecture of mobile hardware and software, but also customer-defined business goals and objectives, and ecosystem relationships. The service delivery is also influenced by the OK Labs tech team’s understanding of silicon suppliers’ current capabilities and product roadmaps; the evolution of mobile operating systems and other mobile device software; the requirements and service rollout plans of MNOs; and the channels used to deliver handsets, applications, and content.

“Many customers are working with mobile phone virtualization for the first time,” commented Steve Subar, OK Labs President & CEO. “Because of our extensive experience working with unique customer requirements, we can accelerate the learning curve and break-even point through the VIP Discovery Service.”