... a new and improved Symbian Signed service intended to make mobile development faster, easier, and cheaper for developers worldwide

LONDON, United Kingdom - 13 December, 2007 - Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS™, the market-leading operating system for advanced data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones, today announced the general availability of a new and improved Symbian Signed service intended to make mobile development faster, easier, and cheaper for developers worldwide. The improved processes Open Signed, Express Signed and Certified Signed are available to developers with immediate effect.

Symbian Signed, developed in partnership between Symbian, its licensees, network operators and developers, promotes best practice to test and sign applications for Symbian smartphones. Based on developer feedback, the Symbian Signed processes have been radically improved to make signing faster, easier and cheaper for developers driving growth in the number of Symbian applications.

Bruce Carney, Director of Developer Programs and Services, Symbian said, “Developers are fundamental to our success and the industry’s. With over 20 million Symbian smartphones shipped during the third quarter of 2007 alone, we are more focused on providing smarter tools to make developing on Symbian OS speedier and more affordable. Among other evolutions, the new service allows developers to access previously restricted device capabilities giving developers more time to innovate.”

• Open Signed – provides a free offline signing process using Developer Certificates allowing an application to be installed and tested on up to 1000 devices controlled by declared IMEIs (unique phone identification numbers).*

• Express Signed – an entirely new process to allow software developers with Publisher IDs to instantly sign all applications that do not require access to the more sensitive device functions, allowing faster time-to-market. Developers can now sign applications on Express Signed for as little as US$20.

• Certified Signed – for those applications that require access to restricted system capabilities and/or where independent testing is desired.

As part of the changes to accommodate the new signing processes a revised Symbian Signed Test Criteria (currently v3.0.1) for testing and signing applications has also been issued.

* An online version of Open Signed is expected to be available during the first quarter of 2008 for developers unable to acquire Publisher IDs.

About Symbian Signed


Symbian Signed is a testing and signing program for Symbian applications and content. Symbian Signed is developed in partnership between Symbian, its handset manufacturer licensees including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and LG, network operators T-Mobile and Orange as well as several independent software test houses. The GSM Association recommends its member operators to certify third party applications and content, and to use Symbian Signed specifically for the certification of applications and content for Symbian OS.

Symbian Signed has continued to evolve since its initial roll-out in February 2004, responding to the changing technological and commercial environment as well as in response to feedback from leading developers, network operators, application and handset vendors. Today, over 10,000 Symbian applications have been Symbian Signed and are commercially available.

For more information, please visit www.symbiansigned.com and developer.symbian.com
About Symbian Limited


Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones.

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. During Q3 2007, 20.4 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 30 September 2007 to 165 million.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Asia (India, P.R. China, and Korea) and Japan. For more information, please visit www.symbian.com.