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Symbian reports bumper year
Mobile operating system enjoys strong growth
Iain Thomson at 3GSM in Barcelona, vnunet.com13 Feb 2007
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Symbian
has released year-end figures for 2006 showing strong growth in the number of
handsets using its operating system.
Figures for 2005 showed 60 smartphone models using the mobile operating
system, but this had grown to 108 by the end of last year, up by more than 50
per cent.
The company claims to have sold 110 million Symbian-based phones over the
year.
Nigel Clifford, chief executive at Symbian, said at the
3GSM show in Barcelona: "I am
pleased to report that Symbian continued its strong progress in 2006.
"I am looking forward to the growth in take-up of mobile internet services,
location-based services, music, VoIP and mobile TV in 2007."
Analyst firm
IDC reported
recently that the global market for smartphones is expected to reach 250 million
units by 2010.
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