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To: Eric L who wrote (18034)1/30/2002 9:07:48 AM
From: Eric L  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 34857
 
re: Symbian

>> Symbian Secures Further Funding

30th January 2002
Cellular News

Symbian has secured a further funding round from its shareholders. Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia and Psion have committed further funding pro rata to their existing shareholdings. Sony Ericsson has taken up Ericsson's pro rata subscription rights, becoming a new shareholder.

Symbian is to receive a total of US$29.27 additional funding to take the company through the next phase of its development. As at the end of last year, Symbian had net cash of US$23.84 million.

Symbian recently announced Fujitsu as a licensee of Symbian OS, joining existing licensees Ericsson, Matsushita (Panasonic), Motorola, Nokia, Psion, Kenwood, Sanyo, Siemens, and Sony.

With devices already shipping from Nokia, Ericsson and Psion, 2002 will see the introduction of the first 2.5G Symbian OS phone - the Nokia 7650 - in the second quarter, 2002.

David Potter, Chairman of Symbian, said: "Symbian delivered its 2.5G operating system, Symbian OS v6.1, to licensees in April 2001 - we are now seeing the first of the phones based on this version of Symbian OS being launched in the market.

Symbian's development to support next generation wireless standards on Symbian OS is progressing according to schedule. We are seeing a solid commitment by leading mobile phone and technology companies to Symbian OS."

With the recent addition of new licensees, Symbian OS licensees currently represent over 70% of global mobile phone shipments.

- Eric -



To: Eric L who wrote (18034)1/31/2002 1:28:18 PM
From: Ramsey Su  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 34857
 
Eric,

there must be close to, if not over, 100 GPRS networks in operation covering every corner of the earth by now. There must be a few million MOT and NOK GPRS handsets sold to subscribers by now. Are there any reports on how well they are working? Minutes used? Popularity? ARPU?

In fact, have you used one?

Ramsey