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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
weComm And Symbian Strengthen Partnership
London, UK - 19th December 2006 - weComm, the leader in interactive
mobile data solutions, today announced that it is strengthening its
relationship with Symbian to enable delivery of even more compelling
customer applications on Symbian OS(tm) for the broadening smartphone
market. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the operating system
that powers today's most popular smartphones.
The two companies have formed a deep relationship following successful
projects such as the weComm-developed BSkyB Sky Anytime on Mobile, which
provides a superior user experience on Symbian smartphones to those
running Java. This strategic partnership includes weComm joining the
Symbian Platinum Partner Program.
"weComm has proved that it has great technology and the skills to
deliver exceptional consumer applications with an incredible user
experience on Symbian smartphones. In fact, Sky Anytime on Mobile's
remote PVR record function is the essence of the smartphone lifestyle,"
said Lucinda Barlow, VP Market Communications at Symbian. "weComm is one
of the market-leading organisations that we recommend to media and
entertainment businesses seeking the very best mobile applications."
IDC, predicts that cumulative sales of smartphones will reach over 1
billion units by 2011. Andy Brown, IDC comments, "The smartphone segment
of the handset market is seeing strong annual growth and is expected to
rise from 57 million units in 2005 to around 250 million units by the
end of 2010."
"Having shipped over 100 million Symbian smartphones, choosing to
develop on Symbian OS is a simple decision because it provides the
volume and versatility required for content rich, mass market
applications," said Oliver Sturrock, COO at weComm. "Using a native
Symbian OS application to deliver high-quality, interactive content on
phones, provides accurate, responsive and feature-rich consumer
experiences, which in turn helps our customers generate increased
revenues."
In joining the Symbian Platinum Program weComm joins top technology
innovators and service providers in the mobile industry and weComm's
membership extends its collaboration with Symbian beyond the Symbian
Venture Forum and Symbian Affiliate Partnership.
As a member of the Platinum Program, weComm will work with Symbian and
the Symbian OS ecosystem to ensure that weComm customer solutions are
seamlessly supported across multiple Symbian smartphones, and Symbian
customers using weComm applications can enjoy the optimum user
experience.
About the Symbian Platinum 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, including
technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as
privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner
Support team. For more information please see
http://www.symbian.com/partner/platinum/platinum.html
About weComm
weComm is a world leader in mobile data delivery with over 35 patents
and patents-pending covering techniques for high performance and
reliability over variable mobile networks. Its wave(tm) platform
provides subscribers with a high quality, dynamic user experience that
includes interactivity, personalisation, transactions and a wide range
of rich media including live TV, multimedia and news/data feeds.
weComm provides solutions for interactive mobile TV, on-device portals,
betting and gaming and financial trading applications. Applications
include BSkyB's Sky by mobile, Cantor Mobile's interactive financial and
sports betting, eSpeed's mobile Treasuries and Foreign Exchange and
BSkyB's mobile Sky Bet. weComm's partners include Microsoft, RIM,
Symbian, Ericsson and OpenTV.
Founded in 1999, weComm is headquartered in London and is privately held
with investors Elderstreet and Frontiers Capital. For more information
please visit www.wecomm.com.
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