Symbian Foundation signs up more supporters
Published: 16 Feb 2009 15:59 GMT
The Symbian Foundation now has a total of 78 supporters.
The not-for-profit organisation which has been set up to unify Symbian, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) software; and administer, oversee and develop the resulting Symbian mobile OS in its altered open-source state has added a further 14 voices of support to its endeavour. These include Bank of America, HP, MySpace, Qualcomm and SanDisc.
Douglas Brown, senior vice president , mobile product development at Bank of America, said the open-sourced Symbian platform will enable the bank to offer more value-added services to its two million active mobile banking customers. Financial services company Visa has previously signed up as a Symbian follower.
The 78 Foundation supporters include mobile makers, software and services companies, network operators and chipmakers. Rival Open Handset Alliance which backs Google's Android open mobile OS currently counts 47 members from across the mobile ecosystem.
Credit: Symbian Foundation recruits more supporters from CNET News
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