18 July 2007

Symbian Reports Business Trends in Japan

Nigel Clifford, CEO of Symbian Ltd. of the United Kingdom, visited Japan and explained business trends in Japan concerning the company's "Symbian" OS for mobile phones.

Clifford reported that the number of mobile phone models that support Symbian OS in Japan reached 60 with NTT DoCoMo's "SO704i" released July 13, 2007. And, cumulative Symbian handset shipments surpassed 20 million units in the Japanese market.

"It took us three years to sell first 10 million units, but we achieved sales of the next 10 million units in a year," Clifford said.

Shipments are still growing and rose 30% to 3.9 million units in the January to March 2007 quarter, from 3 million units shipped in the preceding October to December 2006 quarter, according to the company.

Symbian's sales in the Japanese market account for 25% of its worldwide sales. Hit by factors such as lowering licence fees, the company's worldwide sales are gradually declining. Amid such circumstances, Japan is a rare growing market for the company.

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