Symsource Signs On with Symbian Foundation

Symsource announced it has become a member of the Symbian Foundation, which, together with its ecosystem, is creating an open and complete mobile software platform.

The platform is based on Symbian OS and software assets contributed by Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, and Sony Ericsson, including the S60 and MOAP(S) user interfaces. Portions of the source code are already being moved to open source, under the Eclipse Public License. By mid-2010, this process will be complete.

"We are delighted to join the Symbian Foundation," said Tim Ocock, VP of Business Development, Symsource, "The Symbian Foundation is a great way for the well established Symbian ecosystem members, such as Symsource, to be even more closely and publicly involved with development of new and exciting mobile applications. This enables Symsource to continue to be a leading contributor to the thriving Symbian Foundation community."

As a member of the Symbian Foundation, Symsource gains the immediate right to license the Symbian Foundation platform, royalty free and without source code fees; to participate in working groups and in the governance of the foundation; and to participate in joint marketing and branding campaigns.

Symsource provides expert accredited engineering services enabling enterprises to rapidly take advantage of the convergence of internet and mobile phone software on all mobile platforms: Symbian OS, Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and Java.

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