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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
CGE&Y Joins Symbian Platinum Program
London, Paris – Symbian Ltd and Cap Gemini Ernst &Young - France (CGE&Y), today announced that CGE&Y has joined Symbian’s Platinum Partner Program. As a Symbian Platinum Partner, CGE&Y, one of the world’s largest providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, will gain expertise on Symbian OS and aims to offer advanced mobile consultancy services to key CGE&Y corporate customers worldwide. Symbian OS, the open global industry standard operating system for advanced mobile phones, is licensed by the world’s top handset manufacturers, which account for more than 80 per cent of annual worldwide mobile phone sales.
Carriers and enterprises worldwide are beginning to roll-out mobile data solutions and offer expanded mobile business services to corporate professionals using Symbian OS devices. Symbian Platinum Partner membership will enable CGE&Y to offer consultancy to these organisations, including support for the development of Symbian OS applications and services, and access to corporate data and trends.
CGE&Y
Andy Mulholland, Global Chief Technology Officer at CGE&Y said, “CGE&Y has always been a leader in the field of IT application development. With the fast converging markets of IT and Telecommunications creating the new and exciting market of mobility, CGE&Y sees developing for Symbian OS as a strategic step in driving the market for enterprise mobility as Symbian OS products begin to penetrate global markets.”
Symbian
Gilles Allain, Symbian’s vice president of partnerships and alliances said, “
By being at the heart of the development of business applications based on Symbian OS, CGE&Y will be able to offer its customers expertise on how Symbian OS can help bring them and their business environment new and expanded business benefits.”
About the Symbian Platinum Partner Program
The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team.
About Symbian
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones.
Symbian has licensed Symbian OS to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. Publicly announced products based on Symbian OS include the BenQ P30, Motorola A920 for 3, Samsung SGH-D700, Sendo X, Siemens SX-1, NTT DoCoMo FOMA F2102V and F2051 built by Fujitsu, Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 Smartphones, Nokia 9200 Communicator range as well as the 7700, 7650, 6600, 3650/3600, 3660/3620 and N-Gage.
Symbian has its global headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the US, Europe and Asia.
www.symbian.com
About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Group is one of the world's largest providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services. The company helps businesses implement growth strategies and leverage technology. The organisation employs approximately 50,000 people worldwide and reported 2002 global revenues of 7.047 billion euros.
www.cgey.com
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