Symbian welcomes new Nokia N73 for Softbank Mobile's line-up

TOKYO, Japan – 5 October 2006 – Symbian Ltd. welcomes the launch of the new Nokia N73 device in Japan based on Symbian OS™ version 9. The Nokia N73, a 3G (WCDMA) (*1) multimedia computer with the features of a digital camera, has been selected for Softbank Mobile Corp.'s 3G handset line-up.

Key features include:

• 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and support for PictBridge
• GSM850/900/1800/1900 and W-CDMA compatibility for network support in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Africa and the US

Symbian continues to focus on delivering a flexible, robust and open mobile operating system which gives handset manufacturers and network operators the ability to develop differentiated phones, faster, more easily and at lower cost for different market segments and regions. Symbian customers that have shipped 3G phones in Japan based on Symbian OS include Fujitsu, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola, Nokia, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson.

This device is scheduled for release by Softbank Mobile from mid December in 2006, under the name of Nokia N73 (SoftBank 705NK).

For the full press release visit: http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1078219

Notes to Editors:

The following 39 phones based on Symbian OS have shipped in Japan:

Manufactured by

Fujitsu: NTT DoCoMo FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE III; FOMA F902iS; 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

Mitsubishi Electric: NTT DoCoMo FOMA D702iF; FOMA D702iBCL; FOMA D902iS; MUSIC PORTER X; FOMA D702i; Music Porter II; Raku-Raku PHONE Simple; FOMA D902i; FOMA D701i; FOMA D901iS; FOMA D901i

Motorola: NTT DoCoMo FOMA M1000

Sharp: NTT DoCoMo FOMA SH702iS; FOMA SH902iSL; FOMA SH902iS; FOMA SH702iD; FOMA SH902i

Sony Ericsson: NTT DoCoMo FOMA SO902iWP+; FOMA SO702i; FOMA SO902i

Nokia: NTT DoCoMo FOMA NM850iG; Vodafone 804NK/Nokia N71; Vodafone 702NKII (Nokia 6680); Vodafone 702NK (Nokia 6630)

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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. During H1 2006, 24 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian OS phones shipped to 82.8 million.

Symbian is hosting The Symbian Smartphone Show, 17-18 October 2006, at ExCel, in London, UK. For more information or to register or visit http://www.symbiansmartphoneshow.com/2006/

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