More firms endorse Symbian Foundation

The initial board members of the Symbian Foundation have welcomed the continuing support from mobile industry leaders for their plans for the initiative and the evolution of Symbian OS as an open platform for mobile innovation.

Plans for the Symbian Foundation were announced on June 24 with initial board members; AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, NTT Docomo, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone, together with Symbian Ltd. An additional 11 organizations supported the announcement that day and nine more confirmed their endorsement of plans for the Symbian Foundation, including mobile operators 3, América Móvil and TIM; semiconductor manufacturer Marvell; and services and software providers Aplix, EB, EMCC Software, Sasken and TietoEnator.

"We were delighted with the broad support for plans for the Symbian Foundation", said Kai Öistämö, executive VP, devices at Nokia, on behalf of the initial board members. "We believe that this is a significant move for our industry and are pleased that these additional market leaders agree and are giving their support to the initiative."