Disqus
Symbian Limited today released the following unaudited financial and operational figures for both Q4 2005 and the full year ended 31 December 2005.
Highlights – Full year 2005
- 2005 full year shipments of phones based on Symbian OS totalled 33.9m; year on year growth of 136%, the fourth consecutive year in which Symbian OS phone shipments have grown by more than 100%
- During 2005, Symbian’s revenues grew to £114.8m – an increase of 73% on 2004
- Cumulative shipments of Symbian OS phones since Symbian’s formation reached 58.8m phones at the end of December 2005
- At the end of 2005, 60 phone models from 10 Symbian OS licensees were shipping to more than 250 major network operators around the world, of which 36 models commenced shipping in 2005
- Of the 60 phones models shipping, 22 were shipping to network operators in Japan and across Europe for use on W-CDMA (3G) networks. Symbian estimates that 35% of global 3G phone shipments in 2005 were based on Symbian OS
Highlights – Q4 2005
- Global shipments of Symbian OS phones in Q4 2005 rose to 10.9m; year on year growth of 92% (Q4 2004 – 5.7m)
- Ten new Symbian OS phones models commenced shipping in Q4 2005
- At the end of Q4 2005, 58 phones and variants based on Symbian OS were under development by nine licensees (see Notes to Editors for definitions) (end of Q4 2004 – 40 phones and variants under development by 12 licensees)
- Of the 58 phones in development, seven phones have been launched but are not yet commercially available including the Nokia Eseries mobile devices few of the Nokia Nseries mobile devices and Sony Ericsson’s P990, M600 and W950 – all of which are the first phones to be based on Symbian OS v9.
- At the end of Q4 2005, 4,588 third party applications for Symbian OS phones were commercially available (end Q4 2004 – 4,001 applications)
- With escalating unit shipments, Symbian has made substantial progress in Q4 2005 to ensure that Symbian OS is the ideal choice for handset manufacturers developing advanced mobile phones for a mass market.
For more details including chief executive commentary, visit Symbian Limited’s press release.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
