34.6m Symbian smartphones shipped in H107
18.7m Symbian smartphones shipped in Q207

Nigel Clifford, Chief Executive Officer, Symbian Ltd today said:

“We are pleased with these results. Symbian continues to lead the smartphone market in Q2 2007 with more than 18.7 million Symbian smartphones shipping worldwide, 52% growth since the same period last year. We feel that the rise in popularity of smartphones, the proliferation of affordable high-speed data networks, and the innovation which companies are showing on open mobile platforms should see us extending our 14 quarters of growth into the future. We are in the right market at the right time with the right product.

We’ve worked hard to extend the close collaboration with our customers - the world’s leading handset manufacturers - and operators and have built a strong product pipeline. We are particularly pleased that our customers have reported that Symbian smartphones are strong contributors to their financial performance.

Symbian has a highly innovative product roadmap under development which will ensure that our leadership in high-end converged devices is extended whilst our access to mass market segments is constantly broadened. As proof of this, there are now 122 Symbian smartphone models in the market from 8 licensees – a rise of 42% over the same time last year – and another 62 phone models in development, which we know about.”

Key Symbian achievements H1 2007

Shipments

H1 2007 unit shipments of 34.6 million units means there have been 145 million cumulative Symbian smartphones shipped since the formation of Symbian to 30 June 2007. More Symbian smartphones were shipped in H1 2007 than in the whole of 2005.

New smartphone models

33 Symbian smartphones models commenced shipment in H1 2007. The range of handsets shows Symbian’s ability to support a wide range of high-end and mass-market devices. Symbian smartphones targeted diverse segments such as FOMA D800iDS, the world’s first handset with screens on both upper and lower halves, FOMA Raku-Raku PHONE Basic, the fifth Symbian smartphone in the user-friendly Raku-Raku PHONE series, Motorola Z8 with high quality video playback, Nokia 6110 Navigator with inbuilt GPS and AGPS, designed for the mass-market, and Nokia 5700 XpressMusic.

3G/HSDPA

25 (76%) of the new Symbian smartphone models which commenced shipping in H1 2007 were for use on HSDPA or W-CDMA (3G) networks. HSDPA Symbian smartphones include FOMA F903iX HIGH-SPEED, Motorola Z8, Nokia N95, Nokia 6110 Navigator, Nokia E90 Communicator and Samsung SGH-i520W-CDMA.

Enterprise

In Q2 2007 several new enterprise targeted devices were shipped or announced, including Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia E61i, Nokia E65, Sony Ericsson P1i and FOMA 903iBSC, with integrated seamless interoperability with enterprise applications such as BlackBerry Connect, Microsoft ActiveSync and Microsoft Office.

Multimedia

Several new smartphones showcase the possibilities of Symbian’s competitive multimedia offering. Nokia N95 multimedia computer, based on Symbian OS v9.2, offers very rich multimedia functionality including a 5 Megapixel camera and TV out functionality. Motorola Z8, also based on Symbian OS v9.2, excels in high quality video playback. As with most mobile technology standards Symbian looks to include support for the leading standards in Symbian OS according to market need. One-seg TV reception is currently enabled by Symbian licensees in the latest Symbian OS-based FOMA phones in Japan.

Forthcoming phones

New Symbian smartphone models which were announced in Q2 2007 but were not shipping as of 30 June 2007 include: Nokia 6121 classic, Samsung SGH-i400, Sony Ericsson P1i, and Sony Ericsson W960 Walkman.

Operating system development and support

At the end of H1 2007, the world’s five leading handset vendors had shipped or announced products based on Symbian OS v9. With the adoption of Symbian OS v9 by Symbian licensees, Symbian’s reduced royalty scheme for high volume and lower cost devices has contributed to the improved economics of Symbian OS device development for mid-range segments. Moreover, our commitment to backwards compatibility in Symbian OS v9 releases is providing easy application migration and reduced time-to-market for handset vendors and operators. Symbian OS v9 applications grew 573% to 2139 (318 Q2 2006).

Symbian announced Symbian OS v9.5, designed for both mass-market lower cost devices as well as differentiated high-end devices. Symbian OS v9.5 delivers high performance, richer experiences with lower build cost, and faster time-to-market. Symbian OS v9.5 contains powerful new features reducing the hardware, particularly the RAM, requirements of a phone, thereby reducing cost significantly.

Symbian applications

There are now 7,888 third party Symbian applications commercially available, an increase of 48% on 30 June 2006 (5,323 applications) (Source: Symbian research, see Notes to Editors). In Q2 2007 the number of Symbian Signed applications grew almost 150% year-on-year to 3,005 applications from 700 companies (Q2 2006: 1,208 applications from 350 companies).

Symbian Academy

Symbian expanded its Symbian Academy program of coursework and developer materials to over 1,200 students in 32 universities in 14 countries up to Q2 2007.

Tools

Carbide 1.2 launched in Q2 2007, providing a new Eclipse based Integrated Development Environment for Symbian OS. This launch marks the start of a new era for Symbian development with enhanced productivity and the ability to extend Carbide functionalities with community plug-in components.

Global success

During H1 2007, Symbian licensees shipped smartphones worldwide, via over 250 network operators, underlying Symbian’s commitment 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.

China

In January 2007, Symbian expanded its office in China to support the growing business development and market operations of its licensees and ecosystem partners in the region. During H1 2007, Symbian set up the Symbian Platinum Program in China and signed up new Chinese partners in the areas of security, business solutions and multimedia. Six tier one Chinese universities joined the Symbian Academy, training 800 students.

Japan

Symbian continued its strong progress in Japan with 15 new Symbian smartphone models commencing shipping in H1 2007 in Japan. As at 30 June 2007, a total of 59 Symbian smartphone models had launched in Japan by six customers: Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Sharp and Sony Ericsson.

New innovative FOMA 904i phones based on Symbian OS which commenced shipping in Japan include:

• FOMA SH904i - equipped with a touchpad to give an operational feel similar to a PC, and a 3 inch widescreen
• FOMA F904i - offering “one-segment” mobile TV on the horizontal motion 3.1 inch full widescreen
• FOMA D904i - a slim-slide phone with gaming using intuitive motion

USA

In H1 2007 30 US companies joined the Symbian Platinum Program. Symbian partners are key to enabling device differentiation and reduced time-to-market by creating off-the-shelf Symbian solutions for enterprise and consumer segments.

In the same period, Nokia N75 multimedia computer went on sale with AT&T, its first Nokia 3G device based on Symbian OS. Symbian smartphones were shipping through enterprise-focused retailers such as Dell, Gateway and Mobile Planet (models offered: Nokia N95, Nokia E61i, Nokia E65, Nokia N76).

Symbian Outlook

Symbian is confident in the development and growth of the smartphone market and its position as the leading open OS developer. The current era of convergence demands a truly scalable mobile operating system which can meet both the demands of the global mass-market and the next generation of converged mobile computing:

• super3G, WiMax and 4G
• all-IP wireless broadband and bearer mobility
• ultra high resolution colour displays
• rich multimedia enablers (for creation, consumption, communication)
• high speed, low latency real-time networking
• large memories and persistent storage
• superior graphics effects in the user interface
• energy and thermal efficiency
• content protection and rights management.

Many examples of innovation in these areas from Symbian and its ecosystem will be on display at the Symbian Smartphone Show, taking place in London, 16 - 17 October.

Symbian Limited H1 and Q2 2007 unaudited financial highlights

Total Symbian smartphone models shipping at end H1/Q2 2007