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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
INSIGNIA SOLUTIONS JOINS SYMBIAN COMPANION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
FREMONT, CA - September 17, 2003 -Insignia Solutions(r) (Nasdaq: INSG) today announced that it has joined the Symbian Companion Technology Program. As a result, Insignia's royalty-free Secure System Provisioning (SSP) client software will be provided by Symbian alongside releases of Symbian OS to its licensees. Insignia SSP enables phone manufacturers and network operators to securely update phone firmware and to add new phone capabilities dynamically in the field using Insignia's standards-based server software. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global industry standard for advanced mobile phones to the world's leading handset manufacturers.
The Symbian Companion Technology Program is designed to stimulate and promote innovation by offering Symbian OS licensees, who include Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson, a choice of a broad spectrum of pre-integrated and pre-validated technologies to reduce handset time-to-market and commercial risk.
Insignia Secure System Provisioning (SSP) is a server software infrastructure system for mobile operators and phone manufacturers that enables Over-The-Air updates and increases top line revenues by providing Dynamic Capabilities to enable a wide range of new mobile services to existing devices.
New rich media capabilities and industry standards are being rolled out at a frenetic pace, including twelve new mobile Java standards proposals in the past year alone. Insignia Secure System Provisioning enables mobile operators to capitalize on a raft of new revenue-bearing rich content using phones that can be upgraded over-the-air.
"Symbian OS licensees accounted for over 80 percent of global mobile handset sales in 2002, and we believe that inclusion of our royalty-free client software in the Symbian Companion Program will enable many phone manufacturers to easily take advantage of our over-the-air firmware update solution," said Mark McMillan, CEO of Insignia, "Through the Companion Technology Program, we look forward to working even closer with Symbian to create innovative solutions and to help drive even greater demand for Symbian OS-based phones."
"The Companion Technology Program provides our licensees with fast and low risk access to our partners' latest added-value technologies," said Ian Weston, VP, developer partnerships of Symbian. "Working with Insignia will provide our licensees and network operators with the ability to upgrade handset capabilities over the air and enable new functionality to be deployed dynamically in future devices."
The licensing agreement with Symbian will enable the rapid proliferation of mobile phones that can take advantage of upgrade capabilities. In addition, this agreement will speed development time for manufacturers and therefore help reduce overall development costs for Symbian OS licensees.
About the Symbian Companion Technology Program
The Symbian Companion Technology Program provides a route to market for technology vendors, ensuring that the technology is optimized for Symbian OS prior to the delivery to Symbian licensees. Licensees benefit from a reduced time-to-market, receiving delivery of the technology alongside Symbian OS in a pre-validated and integrated form. Partners gain a single point of entry to all Symbian licensees reducing marketing and distribution costs and ensuring early visibility of their technology as phone specifications are being defined.
About Insignia Solutions
Insignia provides an essential ingredient to mobile operators and terminal manufacturers by enabling Over-The-Air Repair and Dynamic Capabilities to a growing complex and diverse community of mobile devices. Insignia's products and services radically reduce customer care and recall costs, maintain device integrity, and enable a wide range of new mobile services. Founded in 1986, Insignia has a long history of innovation, stewardship of major industry standards, and the trust of dozens of manufacturers around the world. Insignia Solutions is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol INSG. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California with R&D and European operations based in the United Kingdom. For additional information about Insignia or its products please visit http://www.insignia.com.
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, Siemens SX-1, NTT DoCoMo FOMA F2102V and F2051 built by Fujitsu, Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone, Nokia 9200 Communicator range as well as the 7650, 6600, 3650 and N-Gage.
Symbian has its global headquarters in London, United Kingdom with development sites in Europe and Asia.
For further information about Symbian, please see www.symbian.com or contact Valerie Breslow, Symbian Ltd., +1 519 585 1700, valbreslow@earthlink.net.
Insignia, Insignia Solutions, and the Insignia Solutions logo are registered trademarks and Secure System Provisioning, Dynamic Capabilities and Over-The-Air Repair are trademarks of Insignia Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. This release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, Insignia's need for additional capital to sustain operations, Insignia's reliance on the successful introduction of its Secure System Provisioning ("SSP") product line, Insignia's need to generate significantly greater revenue to achieve profitability and Insignia's liquidity and capital needs. Further details on these and other risks are set forth in Insignia Solutions' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. These filings are available on a website maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at . Insignia Solutions does not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking or other statements in this release.
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