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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Sharp and Sony Ericsson Embrace Symbian OS to develop NTT DoCoMo FOMA™ mobile phones
TOKYO, Japan and LONDON, United Kingdom, 29 November 2004 – Symbian today announced that Sharp Corporation and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc. (SEMCJ) will use a Symbian OS-based software platform to develop NTT DoCoMo FOMA handsets. This joint development was announced by both companies today.
Sharp and SEMCJ will take NTT DoCoMo’s software platform licence, which uses the Symbian OSTM supplied by Symbian, and use it as the basis to co-develop new software for FOMA phones. Symbian OS has become the most popular and highly regarded smartphone OS in the world. This success has led to content developers creating a wide range of high quality and exciting applications for the operating system, further enhancing its appeal and enabling phone users to enjoy high-quality, multimedia and entertainment phones.[1]
The announcement follows recent news that NTT DoCoMo has selected Symbian OS as its common software platform for 3G FOMA handsets. http://www.symbian.com/press-office/2004/pr041119.html
Publicly announced Symbian OS-based phones in development for the Japanese 3G market include:
- the FOMA F901iC from the most advanced series of FOMA phones, the F901i series
- the Vodafone 702NK – the first Symbian OS phone for Vodafone KK; first Symbian OS phone from a non-Japanese vendor
- Motorola’s first phone for NTT DoCoMo is to use Symbian OS
About Symbian Ltd
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 licenses Symbian OS to the world’s leading handset manufacturers. The following Symbian OS licensees have Symbian OS-based mobile phones in production and development: Arima, BenQ, Fujitsu for NTT DoCoMo FOMA, LG, Lenovo, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Siemens, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. In 2003, over 6.67 million Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide and close to 20 million have been sold to date.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia (Bangalore, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo). For further information about Symbian please see www.symbian.com or email press@symbian.com.
FOMA is a trademark or registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA service is available only to subscribers in Japan.
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