Purple Labs is a French software company in the mobile phone sector, headquartered in Chambéry. The company principally develops and markets Linux-based software to mobile OEMs and ODMs.^[1] With its 2008 purchase of Openwave's mobile software suite, it now owns the Openwave mobile browser, one of the most widely-used mobile internet browsers.

History

The company was founded in 2001 by Sebastien Soyer and Jean-Marie Andre.^[2] Current chief executive officer Simon Wilkinson was appointed in October 2007, shortly after the firm raised $14.5 million in venture capital funding.^[3] On June 30 2008, Purple Labs acquired Openwave's mobile phone client software division, which develops browser and messaging client technologies, for $32 million.^[4] On July 31 2008 the company agreed to acquire Sagem Communication's mobile phone software and associated engineering teams.^[5]

Products

• Linux Platform
• Application suite
• Purple Magic (reference Linux-based 3G mobile phone produced in conjunction with NXP Semiconductors)^[6]
• Mobile Browser (previously Openwave)
• Mobile Messaging client (previously Openwave, before this Magic4)

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