15.9m Symbian Smartphones Shipped in Q1 2007.Total Cumulative Shipments Reach 126.4m LONDON -- Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS An open standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones (smartphones) from Symbian Ltd., London (www.symbian.com). It supports Java, PC synchronization, Bluetooth local wireless access and GPRS packet-switched data. [TM], the market-leading operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for advanced data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones, today released the following unaudited financial and operational figures for the quarter ended 31 March 2007. Symbian Limited Q1 2007 results Unaudited Financial and Operational Highlights [TABLE OMITTED] Highlights - Q1 2007 * 15.9m Symbian smartphones shipped by licensees in Q1 2007 - a 35.9% increase on Q1 2006 (Q1 2006 - 11.7m) * 126 million cumulative Symbian smartphone unit shipments, as of 31 March 2007 * 20 million cumulative Symbian smartphone unit shipments milestone reached in Japan since first 3G Symbian model shipped in 2003. All models shipped since have been 3G. * 14 new Symbian smartphone models commenced shipment in Q1 2007: 12 models were 3G enabled and eight models were for the Japanese market, launched in diverse segments including business, mobile TV, music, fashion, sport. * New Symbian smartphone models which were announced in Q1 2007 but were not shipping as of 31 March 2007 include the MOTORIZR Z8, the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, the Nokia 6110 Navigator The Nokia 6110 Navigator is a a mobile phone made by Nokia with HSDPA and integrated GPS. It has been available since June 2007. It is not to be confused with the 1998 Nokia 6110. , and Eseries devices for the enterprise: the Nokia E90 and the Nokia E61i. * Symbian announced the latest evolution of its product, Symbian OS v9.5, which brings high performance features designed for richer consumer and enterprise experiences as well as significant savings to phone build costs and time to market. * Symbian increased investment to further accelerate product development and regional growth * At 3GSM in February 2007, Telefonica Moviles Espana, T-Mobile and Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. announced their choice of a platform based on Symbian OS1. They join Vodafone, Orange and NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. in sharing the benefits of reduced time-to-market for new service delivery, scalability, and cost reduction. * 7,478 third party Symbian applications are commercially available, as of 31 March 2007, up 58% (Q1 2006 - 4,735 applications) (Source: Symbian research, see Notes to Editors) * The sale to Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. of UIQ Technology The Company UIQ Technology develops and licenses an open software platform to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers and supports licensees in the drive towards developing a mass market for open mobile phones. AB and intellectual property rights in the UIQ UIQ User Interface IQ (smartphones) user interface were completed. Chief Executive Commentary Nigel Clifford, Chief Executive Officer, Symbian Ltd today said: "Symbian continued to lead the smartphone market in Q1 2007, with 16 million Symbian smartphones shipping worldwide, bringing the total shipment of Symbian smartphones since the Company's formation to over 126 million." Global Success Symbian continued its global success with a sustained market share of 72% of the smartphone market during Q12 and new, innovative Symbian smartphones launched in the US, Europe and Asia. In Q1 2007 25 per cent of Symbian OS unit shipments were in Japan and 13 per cent in China3. In January 2007, Symbian held the official opening of an expanded Beijing office to support Symbian OS licensees and the growing Chinese developer base. As a global leader, Symbian is committed to providing a product fit for diverse regional market requirements, offering extensive customization options and supporting global technology standards as well as languages from 99% of the world's countries. 20 million Symbian smartphone shipments in Japan to date I am delighted that Symbian has passed a significant milestone of 20 million unit shipments cumulatively in Japan. The first 3G phone based on Symbian OS shipped in Japan in 2003 and since then 54 Symbian OS-based models have shipped in many market segments, manufactured by Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson. It took three years to reach the first 10 million Symbian smartphones and less than one year to reach the next 10 million. This growth was driven by remarkable innovation from the advanced 3G mobile market in Japan, as well as the flexible and sophisticated capabilities of Symbian OS that reduce time-to-market and meet the high standards of handset vendors and network operators. Symbian OS v9.5 announced for high performance and mass market At CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. 2007, we launched the latest evolution of our product, Symbian OS v9.5. Fully backward compatible Refers to hardware or software that is compatible with earlier versions of the product. Also called "downward compatible." Contrast with forward compatible. backward compatible - backward compatibility with all versions of the v9 family, Symbian OS v9.5 offers over 70 new features as well as performance improvements with reductions in requirements on memory, processor and battery, enabling future Symbian smartphones to run on feature-phone hardware. Symbian OS v9.5 has many new enterprise features including improved synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. and support for a large number of contacts using a SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database. In addition, seamless multi-tasking, uninterrupted VoIP, and automatic switching between 3G and Wi-Fi, offer superior productivity for business professionals. Powering best-in-class multimedia Multimedia capability is a priority for Symbian as it is essential to entice the large and dynamic youth market. New Symbian smartphones with extraordinary multimedia capabilities announced or commenced shipping during Q1 2007, include: * Nokia N77 based on S60, a stylish and affordable device with integrated DVB-H See mobile TV and DVB. for an optimized mobile TV experience * MOTORIZR Z8 based on UIQ, the world's first 'kick-slider' design with industry-leading high definition video playback and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. * Nokia N95 based on S60, features a pioneering 2-way slide concept, integrated GPS, a 5 megapixel One million pixels. Refers to the resolution of a digital imaging device (monitor, scanner, video camera, still camera, etc.). For example, a five-megapixel digital still camera might take a picture composed of 5,038,848 red-green-blue color dots (pixels). camera and HSDPA * FOMA See i-Mode. (TM) F903iX HIGH-SPEED based on MOAP MOAP Mobile Oriented Applications Platform MOAP Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park (Philippines) MOAP Mother Of All Parties MOAP Mob of Angry Peasants MOAP Management Observation Assessment Program MOAP Mother of All Projects , a QVGA (Quarter VGA) A screen resolution of 320x240 pixels, which is used on handheld devices. Although 320x240 seems half the 640x480 VGA resolution, the "quarter" comes from the total number of pixels, which is one fourth the number (320 times 240=76800; 640 times 480=307200). swinging TFT LCD (Thin Film Transistor LCD) See LCD. 2.4-inch display with HSDPA and H.264 video playback capability Symbian OS v9.5 will power even richer multimedia experiences with integrated support for multi-standard digital TV, media protocols, and 35 new camera features. Symbian OS v9.5 also enables seamless connectivity and best-in-class power management fundamental to the mass market multimedia experience. Delivering faster time-to-market In Q1 07 Symbian underlined its commitment to reducing time-to-market for the ecosystem through: * Operator platform commitments: In Q1 2007, Telefonica Moviles Espana, T-Mobile and Telecom Italia announced their choice of a platform based on Symbian OS. They join Vodafone, Orange and NTT DoCoMo in sharing the benefits of reduced time-to-market for new service delivery, scalability, and cost reduction * Compatibility: Symbian is delivering on its promise of compatibility across v9.x releases, resulting in strong growth of S60 and UIQ applications based on Symbian OS v9 * More choice of development environments: Symbian launched P.I.P.S (P.I.P.S. is POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX) An IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface between application programs and the Unix operating system. on Symbian OS) in January 2007 as part of our ongoing investment to bring more developers to mobile with a choice of familiar environments and fast porting of existing assets. Symbian Outlook We are seeing two significant areas of new smartphone growth in addition to the established multimedia and enterprise markets: emerging economies and mass market segments. Both have stringent requirements for security, high performance, extended differentiation, long battery life, and low cost. Through deep collaboration with Symbian OS licensees, support of a thriving ecosystem and development of market-leading multimedia, graphics and connectivity solutions, Symbian is driving the market, enabling even richer experiences at lower cost. We look forward to continued growth in adoption of Symbian OS through 2007. We will see a continuation of innovative devices across a range of segments from the world's leading handset vendors, who have all launched or are developing phones on Symbian OS v9." 1 In February 2007, Telefonica announced the selection of Symbian OS; T-Mobile and Telecom Italia announced the selection of S60 software on Symbian OS. 2 Source: Canalys, "Worldwide smart mobile device market Q1 2007", includes closed Linux phones in Asia 3 Source: Canalys, "Worldwide smart mobile device market Q1 2007" SYMBIAN FAST FACTS HERE (http://www.symbian.com/about/fastfacts/fastfacts.html) |
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