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INTEL AND SYMBIAN EFFORTS TO EXPAND CAPABILITIES OF WIRELESS

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INTEL AND SYMBIAN COMBINE EFFORTS TO EXPAND
CAPABILITIES OF WIRELESS

COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and LONDON, Aug. 21, 2001 - Intel Corporation and

Symbian today announced that the two companies will work together to

accelerate software application development for wireless devices based on

the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel PCA) and Symbian OS,

Symbian's operating system for data-enabled mobile phones.

Symbian also announced its support for Intel PCA, Intel's open design for

building wireless handheld communications devices and software applications

that combine voice communications and Internet access. The two companies are

working together to port Symbian OS to the application processing engines

for Intel PCA - extending Symbian's support for the Intel® StrongARM*

processor to future processors based on Intel XScale(tm) microarchitecture.

To support third party developers, the two companies will develop design

guides for working with Symbian OS and Intel PCA, offer Symbian's operating

system tools with Intel PCA software developer kits and host education and

technical sessions at each other's technical development conferences: the

Intel Developer Forum and the Symbian Developer Expo.

"Symbian is working closely with leading industry players like Intel to

create a mass market for data-enabled mobile phones," said Mark Edwards,

executive vice

president, Symbian. "The key to success in this market is the provision of

applications and services that give additional value to mobile phone users.

Our initiative with Intel PCA allows us to extend Symbian's offerings to a

wide developer base, bringing a focus to their efforts in building solutions

for wireless devices."

"Adding Symbian to the growing roster of companies supporting Intel PCA is
a

key milestone for us, as we work with the industry to help bring true data

applications capability to mobile devices," said Ron Smith, senior vice

president and general manager of Intel's Wireless Communications and

Computing Group. "Intel is pleased to work with Symbian to provide

developers leading-edge development platforms for innovative wireless

solutions."



About Symbian

Symbian supplies an operating system to the world's leading mobile

phone manufacturers enabling them to create mobile phones which combine

voice

communications, wireless Internet access and computing functionality.

Ericsson, Nokia and Psion are already shipping Symbian OS based devices.

Other companies

developing next generation mobile devices on the Symbian OS include Kenwood,

Motorola, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sony and Siemens. Symbian's website can be found

at

www.symbian.com. Symbian Developer Expo
2001 will be held in Barcelona,

Spain on November 6-7. For more information go to

http://www.symbian.com/devexpo2001/.



About Intel

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading

manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional

information about Intel is available at  www.intel.com/pressroom.

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Intel and XScale are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in

the United States and other countries.