New innovative Communicator style device will set new standard for mobile email.
Tokyo, Japan - May 27, 1999. Symbian, a joint venture company developing technology for Wireless Information Devices, has proposed a Communicator based on one of Symbian's DFRDs (Device Family Reference Designs) jointly working with NTT DoCoMo, the world’s largest wireless network operator with 23.7 million mobile phone subscribers. This announcement comes only two days after it was announced that Matsushita Communication joined Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Psion as a shareholder in the Symbian joint venture.
"The new networked economy is going to be fuelled by a wide range of Communicators and Smartphones based on Symbian’s EPOC technology," commented Juha Christensen, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Symbian. "Working with the world’s leading network operators like NTT DoCoMo ensures seamless interoperability of these Wireless Information Devices with wireless networks."
Symbian and NTT DoCoMo demonstrated a concept model of a Communicator, based on Symbian's EPOC technology, at a press conference in Tokyo. The Communicator supports normal e-mail editing, sending, receiving and browsing of information. The device can also receive and send images over e-mail.
NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. and Symbian concluded a memorandum of understanding to create joint research and development programs for new wireless communication technologies on the March 15, 1999. The features for the proposed Communicator have been achieved through the exchange of technical information between NTT DoCoMo and Symbian under the terms of the MoU.
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