4th August 2008, 7:31 AM   by Eric M. Zeman   updated Today, 8:13 AM

Today the LiMo Foundation announced that 11 more companies have joined its ranks. The 11 new members -- Cellon, Esmertec, Freescale Semiconductor, Longcheer Holdings, MIZI Research, Movial Corporation, PacketVideo Corporation, SK Innoace, Telecom Italia, VirtualLogixTM Inc. and ZTE Corporation -- offer a range of different services and technologies, rounding out the types of organizations that are contributing resources to LiMo. With more than 50 members, the LiMo Foundation hope to advance the use of Linux in mobile phones.