01 April 2008

Dolby Laboratories Brings Rich Audio Experiences
to Symbian OS Smartphones

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. and Symbian Limited today confirmed that Dolby Laboratories has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program, offering Dolby® Mobile for Symbian OSTM. This new solution enables rich and vibrant surround sound from various types of mobile entertainment content, including music, movies, television, and games, to Symbian smartphone users around the world.

Dolby Mobile offers Symbian licensees the ability to differentiate their multimedia-focused products even further by offering a more immersive audio experience on the go. The first mobile phones featuring Dolby Mobile technology are already available in Japan.

“Symbian OS is a robust, open mobile operating system which is widely used around the world by some of the leading handset vendors,” said Max Taylor, Marketing Director, Mobile Business, Dolby Laboratories. “Being part of the Platinum Partner Program allows Dolby to work closely with Symbian to ensure that consumers can quickly and easily enjoy the Dolby Mobile audio on Symbian smartphones.”

Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for mobile phones that is licensed by many of the world’s leading handset manufacturers. To date, over 200 million mobile phones based on Symbian OS have shipped worldwide to over 250 mobile network operators.

“Dolby Mobile enables handset manufacturers, operators, and developers to deliver rich audio experiences to handsets, applications, and content services, offering consumers enhanced audio quality on their mobile phones,” said Jerry Panagrossi, Vice President and General Manager of North American Operations, Symbian. “We welcome Dolby to the Symbian Platinum Partner Program and look forward to the further uptake of Dolby’s audio solutions to the ever-growing Symbian ecosystem.”

Dolby Mobile will be on display at Dolby’s booth (4427-UU) and the Symbian booth (4855, Hall N4) at CTIA Wireless 2008. For more information, please visit www.dolby.com.