The LiMo Foundation was founded in January 2007 by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone with the goal of establishing a globally competitive, Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphones mobile devices. Since then, the Foundation has expanded to more than 50 members who are working together within an open and transparent governance model - with shared leadership and shared decision making - to deliver an open and globally consistent handset software platform based on Linux for use by the whole mobile industry.