A Coruña, November—14th, 2013 — We are happy to announce that Igalia has joined the Tizen Association Partner Program, along with other 35 new members to help the further development and deployment of the Tizen Operating System (OS). The Tizen Association is an industry consortium that supports the development of Tizen for a wide range of connected devices.

As a Tizen Association Partner, Igalia will have the opportunity to join relevant Association Working Groups and to participate in Association meetings, giving the company more insight and potential input into the development of the Tizen OS.

The Tizen Association brings together some of the world’s largest and most innovative companies developing products, services, software and apps for the growing ecosystem of connected devices. From smartphones and tablets to appliances and in-vehicle infotainment systems, Tizen Association partner companies around the globe collaborate to build an independent open-source platform that drives innovation across a number of product and services segments.

About Tizen

Tizen is an open source project managed by the Linux Foundation. The goal of the project is to build and to support a cross-architecture, open source software platform that spans across multiple device segments, including smartphones, tablets, Smart TVs, appliances, netbook and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The Tizen Association is an industry consortium of operators, device manufacturers with their suppliers, independent software developers and mobile application developers. For more information on the Tizen Project, please visit www.tizen.org and on Tizen Association www.tizenassociation.org.