Leopard Labs to provide content filtering and security solutions for Symbian smartphones

Leopard Labs Joins Symbian Platinum Program

Sydney, Australia, 07 May 2007 - Leopard Labs today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones by providing innovative content filtering and security solutions to the Symbian ecosystem. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global market leading operating system for smartphones. Symbian OS is licensed by the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers, and to date over 110 million Symbian smartphones have shipped worldwide to over 250 mobile network operators.

Leopard Labs has developed content filtering and security solutions that enable carriers and handset manufacturers to protect and grow their highly valuable data revenue streams. The solutions are easy to deploy and manage and can be adapted in line with regulatory and social change. Carriers benefit from greater customer satisfaction and users having the confidence to subscribe to data services, safe in the knowledge that they have choice and flexibility in what content they, or their children, can access.

Symbian enables a thriving ecosystem of partners, phone manufacturers, operators, developers and other key mobile industry players that create value for the growing smartphone market. This value is cultivated by the continuing development and commercialization of new software solutions and award-winning applications for Symbian OS and its user interface platforms, including MOAP, S60 and UIQ.

Symbian OS is the market leading operating system for smartphones, with over 72% global market share, according to market analyst firm Canalys. With cumulative global shipments of smartphones due to pass the one billion mark by 2011, according to market research firm IDC, Symbian OS represents the biggest commercial opportunity in mobile.

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"This partnership reflects our dedication to the content filtering and security market and our commitment to further enhance our solutions," said John Fison, Chairman of Leopard Labs. "By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, we can expand our content filtering and security solutions and strengthen our relationships with Symbian smartphone users, application developers, smartphone manufacturers and carriers.”

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“Whether it’s businesses protecting access to their corporate data or parents protecting their children from accessing inappropriate websites, content filtering and security solutions have become high priority for smartphone users and network operators around the globe,” said Jerry Panagrossi, vice president of US operations, Symbian. “The addition of Leopard Labs to the Symbian Platinum Program underscores our joint commitment to provide the safest possible mobile information exchange, both personal and business related, over Symbian smartphones.”

 

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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 Leopard Labs

Leopard Labs is a leading developer of integrated security and content filtering solutions for mobile phones. Leopard Labs was formed in 2005 to research and develop innovative mobile security and content filtering technology.The company has been awarded several patents and recently won a top award at an Australian Government Awards ceremony. The company was “highly recommended” by Senator Coonan, Minister Communications, IT and the Arts.

The company is privately held and has offices along the east cost of Australia and in Europe.

For more information please see http://www.leopardlabs.com.au

About Symbian Limited

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones 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 2006, 51.7 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 31 December 2006 to 110 million.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom and offices in India, Japan, Korea, People’s Republic of China and the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.symbian.com.

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