SYMBIAN HISTORY Symbian OS started life as EPOC - the operating system used for many years in Psion handheld devices. When Symbian was formed in 1998, Psion contributed EPOC into the group. EPOC was renamed Symbian OS and has been progressively updated, incorporating both voice and data telephony technologies of ever greater sophistication with every product release. THE COMPANY: Headquartered in London, Symbian Ltd. is owned by Ericsson, Nokia, Panasonic, Psion, Siemens and Sony-Ericsson. CUSTOMERS: include all of its shareholders, but any company is free to Symbian’s customers license the product - Symbian OS is open to all on equal terms. So far, in addition to the shareholders, Sony, Sanyo, Kenwood and Fujitsu have all taken licenses. BASIC PRINCIPLES: The cornerstone of modus operandi is to use open agreed - standards Symbian’s – wherever possible. Symbian is focused squarely on one part of the value chain - providing the base operating system for mobile internet devices. This enables manufacturers, networks and application developers to work together on a common platform. SYMBIAN OS: By setting the standard for wireless value computing and telephony, Symbian brings together the wireless value chain. Symbian OS drives standards for the interoperation of data-enabled mobile phones with mobile networks, content applications and services: A platform for wireless services: Symbian delivers an advanced, open, standard operating system to its licensees. Symbian OS is flexible and scalable enough to be used in the variety of mobile phones needed to meet a wide range of user requirements. Symbian OS supports complex requirements of network protocols worldwide and enables a broad, international community. Providing wireless services:
SYMBIAN HISTORY Symbian OS started life as EPOC - the operating system used for many years in Psion handheld devices. When Symbian was formed in 1998, Psion contributed EPOC into the group. EPOC was renamed Symbian OS and has been progressively updated, incorporating both voice and data telephony technologies of ever greater sophistication with every product release. THE COMPANY: Headquartered in London, Symbian Ltd. is owned by Ericsson, Nokia, Panasonic, Psion, Siemens and Sony-Ericsson. CUSTOMERS: Symbian’s customers include all of its shareholders, but any company is free to license the product - Symbian OS is open to all on equal terms. So far, in addition to the shareholders, Sony, Sanyo, Kenwood and Fujitsu have all taken licenses. BASIC PRINCIPLES: The cornerstone of Symbian’s modus operandi is to use open – agreed - standards wherever possible. Symbian is focused squarely on one part of the value chain - providing the base operating system for mobile internet devices. This enables manufacturers, networks and application developers to work together on a common platform. SYMBIAN OS: By setting the standard for wireless value computing and telephony, Symbian brings together the wireless value chain. Symbian OS drives standards for the interoperation of data-enabled mobile phones with mobile networks, content applications and services: A platform for wireless services: Symbian delivers an advanced, open, standard operating system to its licensees. Symbian OS is flexible and scalable enough to be used in the variety of mobile phones needed to meet a wide range of user requirements. Symbian OS supports complex requirements of network protocols worldwide and enables a broad, international community. Providing wireless services:
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