LG Electronics introduces HSDPA Symbian smartphone

The Symbian Smartphone Show, London, UK, 17 October 2006 - Symbian today welcomed the introduction of JoY, an HSDPA Symbian smartphone by Symbian OS™ licensee LG Electronics, a leading global provider of mobile phones. JoY is expected to be available in Q1 2007.

JoY is an attractive slider smartphone based on Symbian OS v9 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. With a 2,4" LCD screen, HSDPA radio and full xHTML browser, JoY makes it fast and easy for fun seekers to browse the Internet and download content and applications.

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Andy Brannan, executive vice-president, sales and customer operations, Symbian, said: "JoY combines the stunning appearance of LG Electronics' latest handsets with Symbian's intelligent and robust operating system, compatible with thousands of commercially available applications, making it a smartphone that appeals to a wide audience. We welcome LG Electronics' Symbian smartphone and look forward to more products from them in the future."

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Jorgen Behrens, executive vice-president, marketing, Symbian, said: "The marriage of LG Electronics and Symbian OS is an ideal fit and JoY as an ideal offspring as it combines advanced electronic computer capabilities with an attractive form factor and high performance. With consumer market trends leaning towards convergence and network operators looking to bring smartphones to market even quicker, Symbian is working closely with LG Electronics to fuel this fast growing segment of the market."

Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones, to the world's leading handset manufacturers including, Arima, Ben Q Siemens, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Motorola, Mitsubishi, Nokia, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson. During H1 2006, 24 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped to 82.8 million.

About LG Electronics, Inc.

LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 06657.KS) is the global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications, employing more than 72,000 people working in over 120 operations including 80 subsidiaries around the world. Comprised of four business units: Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital Display and Digital Media with global sales at USD 34.7 billion (consolidated USD 43.4 billion) as of 2005, LG Electronics is the world’s leading provider of CDMA handsets, residential air conditioners, plasma panels, optical storage products, DVD players and home theatre system.

LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is the world’s leading provider of UMTS (WCDMA), CDMA and GSM handsets, which have been designed to improve the value of customer life. With a total range of wired and wireless solutions, the company is rapidly establishing a global presence and growing its international market share in 3G handsets. For more information please visit www.lge.com

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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. 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/

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). Symbian

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