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At 3GSM World Congress, Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS, released its unaudited financial and operational figures for both Q4 2006 and the full year ended 31 December 2006.
Highlights – Full year 2006:
- 51.7 million Symbian smartphones shipped to consumers worldwide in 2006 – a 52% increase on 2005 (2005: 34.0m)
- 108 Symbian smartphone models shipping from 9 licensees through over 250 major network operators worldwide at 31 December 2006 (2005: 60 models) – an 80% increase on 2005
- 65 new Symbian smartphones models commenced shipment in 2006 (2005: 36), 38 (58%) of these models were based on Symbian OS v9, 34 (53%) for use on W-CDMA (3G) networks in Japan and Europe, 19 (29%) Wi-Fi enabled
- 110 million cumulative Symbian smartphone shipments since the formation of Symbian to 31 December 2006
- Symbian announced Symbian OS v9.3 optimized for convergence and market segmentation with performance and feature enhancements, which will begin shipping in devices in 2007
Highlights – Q4 2006:
- 14.6 million Symbian smartphones shipped by licensees in Q4 2006 – a 34% increase on Q4 2005 (Q4 2005 – 10.9m)
- In Q4 2006, Symbian OS was used in products in many segments and geographical markets – for example: Nokia E50, Sony Ericsson P990c and Sony Ericsson Walkman W958c in China; Sony Ericsson Walkman W950i, Nokia E61 and Nokia N92 in Europe as well as several NTT DoCoMo devices for the Japanese market such as FOMA SO903i manufactured by Sony Ericsson, FOMA SH903i manufactured by Sharp, FOMA F903i manufactured by Fujitsu and FOMA D903i manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric
- New Symbian OS v9 models announced in Q4 2006 but not shipping as of the end of 2006, include the Samsung SGH-i520, LG JoY and Nokia 6290
- 6,896 third party Symbian applications are now commercially available, a 50% increase on 31 December 2005 (4,588 applications)
Full report along with Symbian’s CEO commentary is available from here.
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.
