MALMO, Sweden, May 13, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Teleca announced today it will supply leading Symbian OS and Series 60 support for the Intel(R) PXA27x family of processors aimed at customers developing mobile phones, PDA's and other wireless devices. This new technology provides additional performance for 3D games and advanced video while improving battery-life.
This effort has been made possible by Teleca's recent appointments as a Symbian Independent Design House (IDH) and a Series 60 boutique. With these agreements, Teleca has the capability to develop reference platforms and complete mobile phone designs for Series 60 licensees across GSM/GPRS, CDMA, WCDMA and multimode technologies.
Teleca has applied its expertise to develop a Series 60 solution on Intel's development platform for the Intel PXA27x processor family. Teleca has integrated applications that execute high performance gaming, multimedia and telephony capabilities based on the Series 60 User Interface, demonstrating the powers and flexibility of the Intel PXA27x platform. The Series 60 Platform is a terminal software, optimised for Symbian OS that Nokia licenses to mobile handset manufacturers.
"We are delighted to work with Intel with regards to the Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60. Our Nokia Series 60 Boutique status has given us the ability to extend our competence on the Intel XScale family of processors and support Intel XScale technology-based mobile phone developments globally." says John Cooper, director, Smart Phones Business Segment at Teleca.
"Teleca's solution provides our customers with the unique capability of creating optimised Symbian OS-based applications for our Intel(R) PXA27x family with Intel(R) Wireless MMX technology," said Mark Casey, director of marketing for Intel's Cellular and Handheld Group. "Customers can take advantage of the power and performance features of the Intel PXA270 processor, while consumers will enjoy a better user experience through longer battery life and increased multimedia capabilities."
For more information, contact: . About Intel-based solutions: John Cooper, Director, Smart Phones Business Segment at Teleca, Mobile: +44 (0) 7771 545174, john.cooper@teleca.com . About the Teleca Group: Johannes Rudbeck, Investor Relations Manager, mobile +46 70 582 56 56 . Teleca is an international IT services company focused on R&D that develops and integrates advanced software and information technology solutions. With in-depth expertise in the latest technology and profound industrial knowledge, Teleca helps technology- and software-intensive customers worldwide to strengthen their market position and shorten their time to market. The company has more than 2,700 employees with operations in 15 countries in Asia, Europe and USA. Teleca is quoted on the Attract40 list of Stockholmsborsen (Stockholm stock exchange). www.teleca.com
About Symbian Ltd
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones. Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers. The following Symbian OS licensees have manufactured and announced Symbian OS-based mobile phones: Arima, BenQ, Fujitsu for NTT DoCoMo FOMA, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Siemens, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. In 2003, over 6.67 million Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide and ten million were sold overall to date. Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the US, Europe and Asia. For further information about Symbian, please see www.symbian.com or email press@symbian.com.
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