Be4 to help deliver advanced audio capabilities to Symbian OS smartphones

Be4 joins the Symbian Platinum Program

Tel Aviv, Israel - Be4. Ltd., a leading provider of advanced audio solutions that deliver exceptional price/performance advantages to the mobile industry announced today that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for smartphones based on Symbian OS™. As a Platinum Partner, Be4 is extending its MPulse™ Audio Platform to the Symbian OS ecosystem. Symbian OS is the world’s leading open operating system for smartphones and is licensed by leading mobile phone manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung Siemens and Sony Ericsson.  

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"We are exceptionally pleased to join Symbian’s Platinum Partner Program, as we share the common vision of enabling the most advanced multimedia features possible in mobile handsets”, said Giora Naveh the CEO of Be4.  “MPulse for Symbian OS will enable mobile phone manufacturers, content creators and providers to quickly and easily create advanced mobile audio entertainment solutions for Symbian OS smartphones."

MPulseTM is a pioneering, patent protected, fully integrated software-only solution that requires only the existing resources of devices to power all the audio needs of device manufacturers, content producers, and providers. MPulseTM can substitute many of the audio modules that would otherwise require dedicated hardware, thus reducing bill of material and increasing flexibility. MPulseTM maintains considerable advantages in terms of cost, quality, performance, power consumption,  interoperability and functionality. MPulseTM modular architecture makes it easy to tailor solutions to meet most variants of criteria or requirement; from ringtone generation, to audio enhancement, sound optimization, stereo and surround-sound virtualization, positional and adaptive 3D sound for gaming (extended JSR234 support), and a host of exciting new features for audio based mobile entertainment.

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“As smartphones are becoming optimized for different audience segments, such as mobile music users, advanced audio solutions are becoming a key feature in new products,” said Simon Garth, VP Marketing, Symbian. “We are pleased to have Be4 join the Symbian Platinum Program to help extend the audio capabilities of Symbian OS smartphones.”

About the Symbian Platinum Program

The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, including technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team.

About Be4 Ltd.

Be4 provides pioneering software-only solutions that meet the entire audio demands, challenges, and opportunities, for current and future evolutions of the mobile entertainment marketplace. Be4’s products empower handset manufacturers as well as mobile operators and content producers to meet the unique challenges of their respective markets by delivering substantive technical and economic advantages.
 
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About Symbian Ltd

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones.

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world’s leading handset manufacturers. The following Symbian OS licensees have Symbian OS-based mobile phones in production and / or in development: Arima, BenQ, Fujitsu for NTT DoCoMo FOMA, LG, Lenovo, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Sharp, Siemens, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. In 2004, over 14 million Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide and more than 25 million have been sold to date.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe, Israel, Australia and Asia (Bangalore, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo).

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