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Symbian 2006 - Highlights and Financials
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Written by Symbian
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Tuesday, 13 February 2007
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 Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS™, the market-leading operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones, has released unaudited financial and operational figures for both Q4 2006 and the full year ended 31 December 2006.
Highlights - Full year 2006
- 51.7 million Symbian smartphones shipped to consumers worldwide in 2006 - a 52% increase on 2005 (2005: 34.0m)
- 108 Symbian smartphone models shipping from 9 licensees through over 250 major network operators worldwide at 31 December 2006 (2005: 60 models) - an 80% increase on 2005
- 65 new Symbian smartphones models commenced shipment in 2006 (2005: 36), 38 (58%) of these models were based on Symbian OS v9, 34 (53%) for use on W-CDMA (3G) networks in Japan and Europe, 19 (29%) Wi-Fi enabled
- 110 million cumulative Symbian smartphone shipments since the formation of Symbian to 31 December 2006
- Symbian announced Symbian OS v9.3 optimized for convergence and market segmentation with performance and feature enhancements, which will begin shipping in devices in 2007
Highlights - Q4 2006
- 14.6 million Symbian smartphones shipped by licensees in Q4 2006 - a 34% increase on Q4 2005 (Q4 2005 - 10.9m)
- In Q4 2006, Symbian OS was used in products in many segments and geographical markets - for example: Nokia E50, Sony Ericsson P990c and Sony Ericsson Walkman W958c in China; Sony Ericsson Walkman W950i, Nokia E61 and Nokia N92 in Europe as well as several NTT DoCoMo™ devices for the Japanese market such as FOMA™ SO903i manufactured by Sony Ericsson, FOMA SH903i manufactured by Sharp, FOMA F903i manufactured by Fujitsu and FOMA D903i manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric
- New Symbian OS v9 models announced in Q4 2006 but not shipping as of the end of 2006, include the Samsung SGH-i520, LG JoY and Nokia 6290
- 6,896 third party Symbian applications are now commercially available, a 50% increase on 31 December 2005 (4,588 applications) (Source: Symbian research, see Notes to Editors)
51.7m Symbian smartphones shipped in 2006
Symbian Limited Q4 2006 results
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Q4 2006 |
Q4 2005 |
Q3 2006 |
| Symbian OS Units |
14.6m |
10.9m |
13.0m |
| Average Royalty / Unit |
US$5.1 |
US$5.2 |
US$5.2 |
| Royalty GP% |
93% |
86% |
93% |
| Revenue (£’m) |
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| Royalties |
40.4 |
30.7 |
37.3 |
| Consulting Services |
3.5 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
| Partnering & Other |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
| Total |
44.9 |
34.6 |
40.3 |
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End Q4 2006 |
End Q3 2006 |
End Q4 2005 |
Q4YoY
% change |
| Number of Symbian smartphone models in the market |
108 |
106 |
60 |
+80% |
| Number of licensees with Symbian smartphones in the market |
9 |
10 |
10 |
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| Number of Symbian smartphone models in development |
56 |
49 |
58 |
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| Number of licensees with Symbian smartphones in development |
8 |
8 |
9 |
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Symbian Limited Q4 2006 results - Unaudited Financial and Operational Highlights
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2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
| Symbian OS Units |
51.7m |
34.0m |
14.4m |
6.7m |
| Average Royalty / Unit |
US$5.30 |
US$5.14 |
US$5.72 |
US$6.24 |
| Royalty GP% |
91% |
85% |
84% |
84% |
| Revenue (£’m) |
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| Royalties |
151.1 |
96.1 |
45.2 |
25.5 |
| Consulting Services |
10.7 |
14.8 |
17.5 |
17.1 |
| Partnering & Other |
3.4 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
| Total |
165.2 |
114.8 |
66.5 |
45.4 |
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