2008-04-29 21:03:12 - Comarch, a leading global telecommunications solutions provider, today announced that it has joined the Symbian Partner Program.

Supporting the growing market for Symbian mobile phones, it will offer its expertise and wide portfolio of professional services to the Symbian ecosystem. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS™, the market leading open operating system for mobile phones. Symbian OS is licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers and to date, over 188 million Symbian mobile phones have shipped

worldwide to over 250 major network operators.

Comarch has an extensive history of cooperation with the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers and has made the strategic decision to support Symbian OS, with its large volume opportunity and wide ecosystem of partners.

- More and more companies have innovative ideas for mobile applications but may not possess the necessary skills or have the bandwidth to make those ideas come to life. With Comarch joining the Partner Program, Symbian and its thriving ecosystem of partners, handset vendors and operators have the assistance it needs to continue to develop and make commercial realities of new software solutions and award-winning applications for Symbian OS - says Jerry Panagrossi, Vice President and General Manger of North American Operations, Symbian.

- As Symbian mobile phones gain mass-market following, Comarch will continue to ensure professional Symbian OS development and first class applications are readily available. Our close cooperation with the biggest device manufactures and leading mobile operators give us a unique opportunity to leverage Symbian smartphone adoption across both consumer and enterprise markets - says Paweł Bieryt, EVP Telecommunications Business Group, Professional Services, Comarch SA.
For more information about the latest news, products and information regarding Symbian related things at Comarch, please visit: www.Mobile.Comarch.com.

About Comarch
Comarch, an award winning company, has been delivering cutting edge solutions for the telecommunication sector for more than 15 years, gaining broad experience and strong expertise in domain knowledge of such elements as platforms, technologies and infrastructure. Since 2001, Comarch has been actively participating in the development of the Symbian OS and S60 platform, directing projects ranging from low level driver development, through connectivity and communication stacks in the middleware layer, up to UI applications and service frameworks. Located in Poland (CE) Comarch is a low cost near-shoring option for European sites looking for price-attractive possibilities of Symbian software development and/or testing outsourcing. With a team of experienced Symbian engineers ready for more challenges and eager to react to ever-present changes instead of the mere task of benign coding, Comarch positions itself as a unique, innovative and goal-oriented, master-mind software house, capable of providing superior quality and time-effective services in the area of Symbian software development and testing.

Comarch Media Contact:
Comarch Telecommunications Press Office
Katarzyna Gajewska
Comarch SA
Tel. +48 12 646 15 04
Gsm. +48 691 464 119
E-mail: Katarzyna.Gajewska@Comarch.com

About Symbian Limited
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. During Q4 2007, 22.4 million Symbian smartphones were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 31 December 2007 to 188 million.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Asia (India, P.R. China, and Korea) and Japan. For more information, please visit www.symbian.com

Symbian Media Contacts
Global Symbian Press Office
Karen Hamblen
Tel: +44 207 154 1707
Email: press@symbian.com