Symbian Foundation moves closer to launch
Close of Nokia offer to acquire Symbian Limited is a key milestone for the planned foundatio
02 December 2008 - Plans for the Symbian Foundation and the evolution of Symbian OS™ as the leading, open platform for mobile innovation moved closer to reality today, as Nokia announced that it had completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited.
"This is welcome news for all of us who are committed to the success of the Symbian Foundation and its platform," said Pierre Garnier, vice president and general manager, Baseband Business Unit, Texas Instruments, on behalf of the initial board members. "Today is an important milestone in enabling the Symbian Foundation to deliver on its promise - to open up the industry’s most complete and proven operating system in order to stimulate innovation in the mobile industry."
Since plans for the Symbian Foundation were announced, almost 60 organizations have endorsed the initiative and more than three hundred more have registered their interest in joining the foundation via the website at www.symbianfoundation.org.
"The broad support we have received has confirmed that our vision, announced back in June, is shared by many organizations both within and beyond the mobile industry," said Lee Williams, nominated Executive Director for the Symbian Foundation. "When the foundation begins operations, expected during the first half of 2009, it will have a uniquely strong ecosystem of developers, manufacturers and network operators, all committed to building an open platform to set the future of mobile free."
"The future looks exciting for those of us who have been developing and delivering Symbian OS," said Nigel Clifford, CEO, Symbian Ltd. "Establishing the Symbian Foundation is an audacious step, which will create the foremost platform for innovation in mobile. It will join software, proven over ten years of market leadership, with the open source community to create a great new dynamic."
As previously announced, the plans for the establishment of the Symbian Foundation and royalty-free licensing of foundation software are:
1.The acquisition of Symbian Limited by Nokia, completed as planned in fourth quarter, 2008.
2.Software assets are contributed to the foundation, including Symbian OS and S60 by Nokia, UIQ technology by Motorola and Sony Ericsson and MOAP(S) by NTT DOCOMO and Fujitsu.
3.This contributed software will be available under a royalty-free license to foundation members from the first day of Symbian Foundation operations, expected during the first half of 2009.
4.The foundation will work to unify the platform, with the first unified foundation release expected in 2009.
5.The foundation will work to make the platform available in open source by June 2010 (two years from the Symbian Foundation announcement).
02 December 2008 - Plans for the Symbian Foundation and the evolution of Symbian OS™ as the leading, open platform for mobile innovation moved closer to reality today, as Nokia announced that it had completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited.
"This is welcome news for all of us who are committed to the success of the Symbian Foundation and its platform," said Pierre Garnier, vice president and general manager, Baseband Business Unit, Texas Instruments, on behalf of the initial board members. "Today is an important milestone in enabling the Symbian Foundation to deliver on its promise - to open up the industry’s most complete and proven operating system in order to stimulate innovation in the mobile industry."
Since plans for the Symbian Foundation were announced, almost 60 organizations have endorsed the initiative and more than three hundred more have registered their interest in joining the foundation via the website at www.symbianfoundation.org.
"The broad support we have received has confirmed that our vision, announced back in June, is shared by many organizations both within and beyond the mobile industry," said Lee Williams, nominated Executive Director for the Symbian Foundation. "When the foundation begins operations, expected during the first half of 2009, it will have a uniquely strong ecosystem of developers, manufacturers and network operators, all committed to building an open platform to set the future of mobile free."
"The future looks exciting for those of us who have been developing and delivering Symbian OS," said Nigel Clifford, CEO, Symbian Ltd. "Establishing the Symbian Foundation is an audacious step, which will create the foremost platform for innovation in mobile. It will join software, proven over ten years of market leadership, with the open source community to create a great new dynamic."
As previously announced, the plans for the establishment of the Symbian Foundation and royalty-free licensing of foundation software are:
1.The acquisition of Symbian Limited by Nokia, completed as planned in fourth quarter, 2008.
2.Software assets are contributed to the foundation, including Symbian OS and S60 by Nokia, UIQ technology by Motorola and Sony Ericsson and MOAP(S) by NTT DOCOMO and Fujitsu.
3.This contributed software will be available under a royalty-free license to foundation members from the first day of Symbian Foundation operations, expected during the first half of 2009.
4.The foundation will work to unify the platform, with the first unified foundation release expected in 2009.
5.The foundation will work to make the platform available in open source by June 2010 (two years from the Symbian Foundation announcement).
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