HelloSoft to Provide VoIP and IMS/VCC Solutions on Symbian smartphones

HelloSoft Joins Symbian Platinum Program

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 31 -- HelloSoft, Inc. today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for Symbian OS(TM). As a Platinum Partner, HelloSoft is extending its VoIP and IMS/VCC software solutions for mobile devices to the Symbian ecosystem. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system that powers today's most popular smartphones. Symbian OS is licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers and to date; over 83 million Symbian smartphones have shipped worldwide to over 250 major mobile network operators.

Symbian OS phones are growing in popularity. During H1 2006, Symbian OS phone shipments grew more than 65% compared to H1 2005. According to John Jackson, Director, Wireless/Mobile Technologies, Yankee Group, by 2010, well over 200 million smartphones will be selling worldwide each year, representing 18% of annual global volumes.

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"This partnership reflects our commitment to enhance our VoIP and IMS/VCC initiatives in the smartphone market," said Krishna Yarlagadda, President & CEO for HelloSoft. "By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, we can offer the entire Symbian eco-system the most optimized VoIP and IMS/VCC solutions which are increasingly in demand by next generation converged networks."

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"VoIP and other IMS-based solutions have become extremely popular on PCs in the home and workplace, and bringing these applications to smartphones is a natural and welcomed progression," said Jerry Panagrossi, vice president of US operations, Symbian. "We are delighted that HelloSoft has joined our Platinum Partnership program, as this partnership underscores our joint commitment to bring innovative VoIP and IMS/VCC solutions to the growing Symbian OS ecosystem."

HelloSoft's products can enable mobile device manufacturers to design and architect products that are power-efficient and provide substantial cost benefits. HelloSoft has a range of VoIP and wireless products to meet the price and performance needs of multiple high-volume markets, including multi-mode devices which enable OEMs, ODMs and semiconductor manufacturers to deliver VoIP enabled products with a shorter time to market.

About HelloSoft, Inc.

HelloSoft is the world's leading provider of VoIP Technologies for wireline and wireless devices. The company enables mass deployment of low-cost, power-efficient, fully-featured multi-mode wireline and wireless devices by providing highly optimized RISC-based VoIP software products with superior voice quality, QoS, and efficient call switching specifically designed for next generation end-points. HelloSoft's IMS/VCC stack enables seamless hand-off between cellular and Wi-Fi networks for multi-mode handsets. This comprehensive portfolio of award winning VoIP products enables OEMs, ODMs and semiconductor manufacturers to deliver VoIP enabled products with a short time to market schedule.

HelloSoft is headquartered in San Jose, California with an R&D facility in Hyderabad. HelloSoft's customers include leading technology firms such as Toshiba, Panasonic, NeoMagic and 5V Technologies along with top semiconductor manufacturers Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) globally. HelloSoft's other partners include Texas Instruments and Intel. http://www.hellosoft.com

About Symbian

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced,data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones. 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. During H1 2006, 24 million Symbian OS phones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian OS phones shipped to 82.8 million.

Symbian is hosting The Symbian Smartphone Show, 17-18 October 2006, at the ExCeL Centre, in London, UK. For more information or to register or visit http://www.symbiansmartphoneshow.com/2006/

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe (England and Sweden (UIQ Technology AB)), Israel and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan). For more information, please visit http://www.symbian.com

Media Enquiries

HelloSoft USA +1-408-441-7110, x104 rina@hellosoft.com

Symbian USA +1-650-551-0240 press@symbian.com

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