Bowne Global Solutions Joins Symbian Platinum Program

Dublin, Ireland and Tampere, Finland – August 2005 – Bowne Global Solutions 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, Bowne Global Solutions is extending its expertise in software application and language testing to the Symbian OS ecosystem. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the operating system that powers today’s most popular smartphones.  Symbian OS is licensed by the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers. To date, more than 32 million phones based on Symbian OS have shipped worldwide.

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"This partnership reflects our commitment to the application and language testing market and our intent to build upon our mobile strategy," said Mr. Stephen J. Sharkey, European Testing Solutions Architect for BGS Testing Services ."By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, we can further expand our testing services and strengthen our relationships with users, application developers, smartphone manufacturers and network operators. Symbian’s policy of openness underpins industry models that create value for everyone and Bowne Global Solutions is delighted to be part of the Symbian OS ecosystem.”

Bowne Global Solutions offers a service platform for mobile device makers, network operators, and service providers who are interested in offering different language device versions and content to their clients.  By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, Bowne Global Solutions gains access to companies that require language testing and with their unique testing solution can ensure the close integration of their solutions with smartphones based on Symbian OS.

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“As Symbian OS phones become more and more popular around the world, the need for phones and content that support many different languages increases,” said Alan Roderick, Head of Partner Marketing, Symbian. “We are pleased to have Bowne Global Solutions join the Symbian Platinum Program and bring its language testing services to the Symbian OS ecosystem.”

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 Members 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 Member Support team.

 

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 and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry.  In the first quarter of 2005, more than 6.75m Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide to over 200 network operators, taking the installed base of Symbian OS phones to more than 32 million. 

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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About Bowne Global Solutions

Bowne Global Solutions (BGS) is one of the world’s leading providers of multilingual solutions for Products & Documents, Marketing & Communications, Regulatory Compliance, Training & e-Learning and Globalization Strategy.  With employees in 24 countries, BGS is ideally positioned to help companies adapt their products and communications to reflect the unique linguistic and cultural characteristics of their target markets worldwide.  Supported by proven project management methods and innovative technologies, including the Elcano™ translation portal, clients have come to rely on the BGS team for all of their translation, localization, technical publication and interpretation needs. 

Bowne Global Solutions is a business unit of Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE: BNE). Bowne & Co., founded in 1775, is a global leader in providing high-value solutions that empower our clients' communications. In addition to BGS, Bowne & Co. includes:

• Bowne Financial Print: The world’s largest financial printer and leading EDGAR filer, specializing in the creation, management, translation and distribution of regulatory and compliance documents.
• Bowne Enterprise Solutions: Digital composition, print, delivery and fulfillment of customized and personalized communications designed to enable companies to more-effectively target customers to increase market leadership.
• Bowne Litigation Solutions: Consulting, electronic discovery and software solutions, including DecisionQuest®, one of the nation's largest trial research firms, bring our clients fresh perspective resulting in better informed choices about strategies and tactics at every step in the litigation process.

Bowne & Co. combines these capabilities with superior customer service, new technologies, confidentiality and integrity to manage, repurpose and distribute a client's information to any audience, through any medium, in any language, anywhere in the world.

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