Wireless

November 11, 2002
Sendo chooses Series 60 platform for smartphones

BRITAIN -- Sendo, a British mobile phone manufacturer, has announced that it has decided to license the Series 60 Platform from Nokia for its smartphones.

The Series 60 is a software platform for feature- and application-rich smartphones that Nokia licenses to mobile handset manufacturers. The platform is optimised to run on top of the Symbian OS. Sendo joins as the newest member to the Series 60 licensing community with Matsushita, Samsung, Siemens and Nokia.

Hugh Brogan, Chief Executive Officer of Sendo Holdings Plc, said: "Earlier this fall, we reviewed our smartphone strategy. While our mission of providing customers with feature-rich and ubiquitous devices remains unaltered, seeing that the Series 60 fully embraces both our mission and the new strategy, we decided to approach Nokia. The platform utilises open standards and technologies, such as MMS and Java, jointly developed by the industry. The platform is robust, yet uniquely flexible, bringing great benefits to licensees, operators, developers and consumers."

Niklas Savander, Vice President and General Manager, Nokia Mobile Software welcomed Sendo to its Series 60 community. He said: "We see that a combination of Sendo's technical expertise and growing market presence will bring significant contribution to the mobile market with Series 60 devices. Interoperable solutions that are built on open and common industry standards are proving to be the winning formula in meeting demands of business users and consumers alike."

Nokia licenses Series 60 Platform as a source code. The model enables licensees to contribute to the development of the platform, while fully executing their individual business strategy, brand and customer requirements in fast developing and highly competitive mobile communications market. Licensees will be able to include the Series 60 into their own smartphone designs, thus speeding up the rollout of new phone models at lower costs.

The Series 60 is a comprehensive software platform for smartphones, created for mobile phone users that demand easy-to-use, one-hand operated handsets with high-quality colour screens, rich communications and enhanced applications. The platform consists of the key telephony and personal information management (PIM) applications, the browser and messaging clients, as well as a complete and modifiable user interface, all designed to run on top of Symbian OS.

Contact:

Nokia Mobile Software
Tel: 358-7180-08000
Email: nokia.mobile.phones@nokia.com
Web: www.nokia.com

Sendo
Tel: 44-121-251-5060
Email: mvanhooren@sendo.com
Web: www.sendo.com