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Symbian Ltd.
 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
Casio Invests $5 Million in Sybase Wireless Subsidiary
Jul 09 2001 03:06 PM PDT

Handspring Will Take Hand-Ins
Jun 07 2001 11:41 AM PDT

The Great Wireless War
Jun 04 2001 12:00 AM PDT

Psion Cuts Jobs and Drops New Product
Mar 01 2001 04:45 AM PST

Wireless World Meets to Lick Its Wounds
Feb 20 2001 08:26 AM PST

 PROFILE
Symbian knows holding hand(held device)s is the key to a good symbiotic relationship. Symbian (a joint venture formed in 1998 from the software unit of palmtop computer maker Psion) is owned by Psion (28%); mobile phone powers Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia (21% each); and electronics giant Matsushita (9%). Venture partners and licensees such as Philips Electronics, SANYO, and Sony use the company's EPOC operating system as the brains for handheld devices such as mobile phones and minicomputers to access the Internet, receive faxes, and perform transactions. EPOC is the #3 operating system for handheld mobile devices, significantly trailing Palm's system and Microsoft's Windows CE.

 COMPETITION
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Motorola, Inc. (MOT)
Palm, Inc. (PALM)

 DEALS
Deal: AvantGo Strikes Alliance With Symbian
Date Announced: 03.20.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 0
Description: AvantGo's Web-based services will be provided to Symbian's mobile devices.

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Employees: 720

 KEY PEOPLE
• Nicholas Myers
    CEO
• Thomas Chambers
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Sentinel House
London W1H 1ST, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-7563-2000
Fax: 44-20-7563-2218
Online: Web Site

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