Symbian scores a century as 100th commercial phone model ships

70.5 million Symbian OS phones shipped to over 250 network operators worldwide

LONDON, UK – 16 May, 2006 – Symbian Ltd. today announced that Symbian OS™, the market-leading open mobile operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones, has shipped in 100 different commercial phone models to over 250 major network operators worldwide. In its Q1 2006 results issued today, Symbian also announced it had shipped 70.5 million phones to date worldwide since its formation.

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“It’s a great milestone for Symbian to reach the shipment of its 100th phone model and 70.5 million Symbian OS phone shipments since we opened for business ” said Nigel Clifford, CEO, Symbian. “This achievement is testament to the strong support of our customers, the world’s leading handset manufacturers and to the network operators around the world who see Symbian OS as the open mobile operating system of choice. It’s also down to the innovative contributions of tens of thousands of developers in the flourishing Symbian ecosystem of partner and customer companies.”

Since the Ericsson R380 shipped in 2000, Symbian has set the standard for smartphones, connecting a complex ecosystem of shareholders, customers, partners, vendors, content players and application developers.  The Symbian ecosystem is focused on the delivery of cutting edge technology that supports the smartphone lifestyle - smart attractive devices, compelling applications and user-friendly experiences - that consumers increasingly demand.

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“By listening closely to our customers and understanding their needs, we are able to deliver the required technology in Symbian OS for tomorrow’s mobile phone trends. This gives them a competitive edge to create a wide range of attractive devices for consumers who want different things from their phones – whether it’s music, photos, entertainment, information, email or simply to make a call,” Clifford added.  “We are now planning for our next 100 models which will include many lower cost, higher volume phones and together with our customers and partners, are focused on making the smartphone mainstream and revolutionize the way phones are used.” 

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Notes to Editors

Phone models – Symbian defines phone models on the basis that the following conditions are satisfied:

• the device is manufactured in commercial quantities; and
• the device is available in retail channels; and
• the device has a unique model identifier and/or is a publicly announced variant or derivative: US with 850 MHz radio, China, Japan or CDMA. (Up to two variants or derivatives from the following segments: US, China, Japan, CDMA; public announcement on the part of the licensee must be fully audible through licensee’s marketing collateral or web content)

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, 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.  At the end of Q1 2006 70.5 million Symbian OS phones had been shipped by licensees worldwide to over 250 major network operators.

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 further information about Symbian email press@symbian.com