weComm and Symbian strengthen partnership

New collaboration to deliver the most compelling mobile applications for the smartphone lifestyle

London, UK – 19 December 2006 – weComm, the leader in interactive mobile data solutions, today announced that it is strengthening its relationship with Symbian to enable delivery of even more compelling customer applications on Symbian OS™ for the broadening smartphone market. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the operating system that powers today’s most popular smartphones.

The two companies have formed a deep relationship following successful projects such as the weComm-developed BSkyB Sky Anytime on Mobile, which provides a superior user experience on Symbian smartphones to those running Java. This strategic partnership includes weComm joining the Symbian Platinum Partner Program.

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“weComm has proved that it has great technology and the skills to deliver exceptional consumer applications with an incredible user experience on Symbian smartphones. In fact, Sky Anytime on Mobile’s remote PVR record function is the essence of the smartphone lifestyle,” said Lucinda Barlow, VP Market Communications at Symbian. “weComm is one of the market-leading organisations that we recommend to media and entertainment businesses seeking the very best mobile applications.”

IDC, predicts that cumulative sales of smartphones will reach over 1 billion units by 2011.

IDC
Andy Brown, IDC comments, "The smartphone segment of the handset market is seeing strong annual growth and is expected to rise from 57 million units in 2005 to around 250 million units by the end of 2010.”

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“Having shipped over 100 million Symbian smartphones, choosing to develop on Symbian OS is a simple decision because it provides the volume and versatility required for content rich, mass market applications,” said Oliver Sturrock, COO at weComm. “Using a native Symbian OS application to deliver high-quality, interactive content on phones, provides accurate, responsive and feature-rich consumer experiences, which in turn helps our customers generate increased revenues.”

In joining the Symbian Platinum Program weComm joins top technology innovators and service providers in the mobile industry and weComm’s membership extends its collaboration with Symbian beyond the Symbian Venture Forum and Symbian Affiliate Partnership.

As a member of the Platinum Program, weComm will work with Symbian and the Symbian OS ecosystem to ensure that weComm customer solutions are seamlessly supported across multiple Symbian smartphones, and Symbian customers using weComm applications can enjoy the optimum user experience.

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Notes to Editors

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. For more information please see http://www.symbian.com/partner/platinum/platinum.html

About weComm

weComm is a world leader in mobile data delivery with over 35 patents and patents-pending covering techniques for high performance and reliability over variable mobile networks. Its wave™ platform provides subscribers with a high quality, dynamic user experience that includes interactivity, personalisation, transactions and a wide range of rich media including live TV, multimedia and news/data feeds.

weComm provides solutions for interactive mobile TV, on-device portals, betting and gaming and financial trading applications. Applications include BSkyB’s Sky by mobile, Cantor Mobile’s interactive financial and sports betting, eSpeed’s mobile Treasuries and Foreign Exchange and BSkyB’s mobile Sky Bet. weComm’s partners include Microsoft, RIM, Symbian, Ericsson and OpenTV.

Founded in 1999, weComm is headquartered in London and is privately held with investors Elderstreet and Frontiers Capital. For more information please visit http://www.wecomm.com

Media Enquiries

Ian Meakin weComm +44 207 448 7800 ian.meakin@wecomm.com	Rachel Postlethwaite +44 7949 883636 rachel@rp-pr.co.uk
Aleks Vujanic Burson-Marsteller +44 207 300 6299 symbian_pressuk@uk.bm.com

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