ACCESS today announced that 10 companies have joined its recently launched ACCESS Connect Ecosystem (ACE) Partner Program, a global initiative that brings together companies in the telecommunication, consumer electronics and media industries to drive market leadership of converged solutions developed by ACCESS and its partners. The program, which kicked off last month with over 45 charter members, now has over 55 member companies.

“Helping to build a global ecosystem for the mobile and converged device markets is something we feel very strongly about,” said Toru Arakawa, ACCESS CEO and co-founder. “ACCESS is committed to the growth and success of the mobile Linux market. We believe a key to success is a strong and vibrant ecosystem that includes the operators, device manufacturers, infrastructure providers, software developers, semiconductor companies and content providers. We are honored that industry leading companies share our view and have joined the ACE program.”

The newest members of the ACE global partner program announced today include:

• Astraware Limited
• Comodo Group Inc.
• HIFONT SYSTEM CORP.
• IT Access Co., Ltd.
• OMRON SOFTWARE Co., Ltd.
• RadiSys Japan K.K.
• Roundbox Inc.
• SanDisk IL Ltd.
• ViXS Systems
• Zi Corporation

ACCESS Connect Ecosystem (ACE) Global Partner Program

The ACE partner program joins together the current partner programs from ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. (previously PalmSource’s Palm Powered Mobile World.), and ACCESS CO., LTD. (ACCESS Advanced Alliance program). The newly created ACE partner program is designed to create an ecosystem of world-class partners that will unleash the potential of the digital life generation by driving development and adoption of new mobile and converged technologies and solutions.

As part of its strategy to enable a truly connected world, the ACE partner program is an integral component in the delivery of interconnected products targeting today’s Digital Life Generation. ACCESS enables Digital Life by delivering open, extensible and unifying platforms that partners can leverage and build on including:

ACCESS Linux Platform

A complete next-generation mobile Linux platform for smart mobile devices

NetFront Mobile Client Suite

A mobile browser and application suite now in millions of devices worldwide

NetFront Living Connect

Advanced technologies for the home networking and digital TV markets based on Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) standards

NetFront IMS Client Package and NetFront Media Player

One of the industry’s first IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution for businesses that provides leading edge IMS solutions that tightly integrate Internet viewing and messaging environments with audio and visual media