Symbian welcomes Oracle’s announcement that Oracle(r) Database Lite 10g is now generally available for Symbian OS phones

CTIA Wireless 2006, LAS VEGAS, NV – April 6, 2006 – Symbian Ltd. today welcomed Oracle’s announcement that Oracle(r) Database Lite 10g Release 2 is now generally available for Symbian OS™, the leading open operating system installed on almost 60 million data-enabled mobile phones worldwide.

In an Oracle press release issued yesterday, Oracle announced the availability of its Oracle(r) Database Lite 10g Release 2 for Symbian OS and said it had also added several Systems Integrators (SIs) to its growing list of partners supporting Oracle Database Lite 10g for Symbian OS.

With mobile technologies playing a critical role for employees across a wide array of industries, maintaining centralized control over management, security and application functionality has become increasingly important. Oracle's mobile database, coupled with Symbian OS, provides field employees with direct and secure access to essential company data. Together, with their partners, Oracle and Symbian are enabling the interoperability of mobile devices with mobile networks, applications and services. 

For the full release visit:
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2006_apr/040506-oracle-symbian-ga-finalsite.html

About Symbian Ltd.

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, nearly 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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