Symbian OS used in NTT DoCoMo FOMA™ SO902i

Symbian announces 27th phone for Japanese market

March 22, 2006 – Symbian Ltd. today announced that Symbian OS™, the market-leading open mobile operating system for advanced mobile phones, is used in the NTT DoCoMo FOMA™ SO902i, which was launched on March 21, 2006. The FOMA SO902i is manufactured by Symbian OS licensee Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

This increases the total number of Symbian OS-based mobile phones shipped in Japan to 27.  Symbian OS brings higher quality mobile phones with better features quickly to consumers, expanding the 3G cell phone market even further.

*“FOMA” is a trademark or registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
*NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.
*"Symbian", "Symbian OS" and other associated Symbian marks are all trademarks of Symbian Software Ltd.
*All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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.  In 2005, 34 million Symbian OS mobile phones were sold worldwide to over 250 network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian OS phones shipped to almost 60 million.

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).

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The following 27 Symbian OS-based mobile phones have shipped in Japan:

• NTT DoCoMo FOMA F702iD; FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE II; FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE; FOMA F902i; FOMA F700iS; FOMA F901iS; FOMA F700i; FOMA F901iC; FOMA F900iC; FOMA F900iT; FOMA F900i; FOMA F2102V; FOMA F2051; (manufactured by Fujitsu); FOMA D702i; Music Porter II; Raku-Raku PHONE Simple; FOMA D902i; FOMA D701i; FOMA D901iS; FOMA D901i (manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric); FOMA M1000 (manufactured by Motorola); FOMA SH702iD; FOMA SH902i (manufactured by Sharp); FOMA NM850iG (manufactured by Nokia); FOMA SO902i (manufactured by Sony Ericsson)
• Vodafone 702NKII (Nokia 6680); Vodafone 702NK (Nokia 6630) (manufactured by Nokia)

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