Symbian

Symbian OS is a proprietary operating system designed for mobile devices, with associated libraries, user interface, frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, developed by Symbian Ltd. It is a descendant of Psion's EPOC and runs exclusively on ARM processors although a non-productized x86 port exists. Symbian Fast Facts The company: Symbian Limited Website: www.symbian.com CEO: Nigel Clifford Offices: Symbian has its headquarters in London, with other offices in the United Kingdom, China, India, Japan, Korea and United States. Founded: 1998 Number of employees: 1500 The product: Symbian OS™ Core business: Symbian creates and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for mobile phones. User interfaces designed for Symbian OS include Nokia's S60, NTT DOCOMO's MOAP user interface for the FOMA™ 3G network and UIQ, designed by UIQ Technology, a joint venture between Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Licensees: Mobile phone manufacturers that shipped Symbian phones in H1 2008 are Fujitsu, LG, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sharp and Sony Ericsson. Market leader Significant Symbian statistics as of 30 June 2008: * 226 million cumulative Symbian OS units shipped across approximately 250 different phone models since the formation of Symbian * 19.6 million Symbian mobile phones shipped to consumers worldwide in Q2, an increase of 5% on Q2 2007 * Eight handset vendors, including the world's five leading vendors, were shipping 159 mobile phone models, the majority of which were based on Symbian OS v9 * 14 new models commenced shipment in Q2 2008, with a total of 27 in H1 2008 * Seven Symbian licensees had 92 phone models in development, an increase of 48% on Q2 2007 (62 models) - the highest ever achieved * The latter milestone is reflected in a 76% increase in consulting services from £5.1 million in H1 2007 to £9.0 million in H1 2008 * ‘Symbian Partner Network' (SPN) program announced * 9,834 third-party Symbian applications now commercially available, a 25% increase on 30 June 2007 (7,888 applications) * The Symbian Foundation was announced on 24 June 2008, with plans to combine Symbian OS with assets of S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to form the world's leading unified, royalty-free mobile software platform * Simultaneously, Nokia announced its intent to acquire the approximately 52% share of Symbian Limited that it did not already own Consumer technology benchmarks * 306.0 million mobile phones shipped in 2008 Q2 * 0.7 million iPhones shipped in the quarter ending 28 June 2008 * 11.0 million iPods shipped in the quarter ending 28 June 2008 * Approximately 5.4 m BlackBerry devices shipped in the quarter ended 31 May 2008 * 1.24 billion mobile phones will ship in 2008 according to Strategy Analytics * Total smartphone sales will break the 1 billion unit mark by 2010 according to Gartner Ten years of innovation and milestones 2008 Symbian celebrates its 10 year anniversary and surpasses the 200 million unit sales mark. The Symbian Foundation is announced along with Nokia's intention to acquire Symbian 2007 Symbian announces new technologies for the future of converged device development including FreeWay, ScreenPlay and Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) 2006 100 million Symbian smartphones shipped 2005 Symbian OS v9 announced with Platform Security and support for single core processors, WebCore and JavaScriptCore components of Apple's Safari™ browser 2004 Symbian OS selected by NTT DoCoMo as software platform for 3G FOMA™ handsets 2003 Symbian smartphones support mobile payments in Japan, first Motorola smartphone on UIQ A920, Samsung becomes a shareholder 2002 First smartphone on UIQ, the Sony Ericsson P800. Siemens and Sony Ericsson become shareholders 2001 First open mobile phone based on Symbian OS – Nokia 9210 Communicator. First GPRS, camera smartphone – Nokia 7650 2000 First Symbian phone – Ericsson R380 on Symbian OS v5 1999 Symbian and NTT DOCOMO sign R&D agreement to develop smartphones for Japan. Matsushita (Panasonic) becomes a shareholder 1998 Symbian founded by Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Psion Developer highlights * Over 150,000 unique users of the Symbian Developer Network website every month in Q208 * A total of 9,834 third-party Symbian applications have been released for Symbian OS up to Q208 * Motorola launched new Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Symbian developers * Three new developer tools launched, including ULogger and CPU Profiler, enabling developers to be more productive Symbian Academy highlights * Symbian Academy affiliated with 14 new academic institutions in the first half of 2008, making a total of 58 academic affiliations since its launch in June 2006. * Institutions collaborating with Symbian Academy stretch the globe in countries such as China, Poland, Finland, Germany and Russia, with much of the growth in India with eight new collaborations * Symbian Academy participants have developed innovative applications including the much acclaimed ShakerRacer. * Symbian's research team are supporting a number of academic projects including: o Pollution monitoring, sensor networks and mapping on Symbian OS o Investigating smart search techniques on mobile devices o Motion detection and location gathering using neighbouring cell and Bluetooth signal strength China highlights * Symbian retains its leading position in the smartphone market with more than a 60% share in H1 2008, according to Sino Market Research * Over 18 million smartphones are predicted to launch in China by the end of 2008, in which 12 million are expected to be Symbian phones, according to Sino Market Research * First Symbian Beijing Summit held in Q2 with over 400 attendees from the handset vendor, developer and network operator communities Japan highlights * Symbian OS-FOMA market share in Japan was 60% in April 2008, according to Techno Systems Research * 10 new models based on Symbian OS commenced shipment in Q2 2008 manufactured by Fujitsu, Sharp, Sony Ericsson and Nokia, a 66% increase on Q2 2007 (six models) * 18 new models based on Symbian OS commenced shipment in H1 2008 manufactured by Fujitsu, Sharp, Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Mitsubishi, a 12.5% increase on H1 2007 (16 models) * 38 million phones based on Symbian OS have shipped in Japan as of 30 June 2008 * Symbian customers cumulatively shipped 20 million Symbian mobile phones in Japan by the end of Q1 2007 – it took three years to ship the first 10 million units, and less than one year to ship the following 10 million USA highlights * Symbian partners with over 100 US companies including Dolby, Google, IBM, McAfee, Oracle, RIM, Symantec, Sling Media and Yahoo! * In April, Symbian appointed its first North American Competence Center, Intrinsyc Software, providing a resource for handset manufacturers, operators, partners and silicon vendors to help reduce product development time and cost while improving time-to-market and quality * Nokia E71 – the slimmest QWERTY device in the market – and Nokia E66 US variants were announced in June 2008 offering North American 3G/HSDPA/UMTS compatibility * In Q2, Dell, Gateway and Mobile Planet ranged a series of unlocked Symbian phones including 15 of the latest Nokia devices, the Motorola Z8 and the Sony Ericsson P1i * Nokia N95 8GB US variant began shipping in January 2008 offering North American 3G/HSDPA/UMTS compatibility Operator success July 2008 - 3, América Móvil and TIM confirm their endorsement of plans for the Symbian Foundation June 2008 - Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced their intent to unite Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. AT&T and Vodafone announce their participation in the Symbian Foundation Feb 2008 - Vodafone CEO, Arun Sarin said there is a need for simplification by reducing the number of mobile operating systems down from the existing dozens to potentially four or five in order to try and achieve economies of scale when developing mobile applications, whether it be Symbian or others in the market Feb 2008 - Telefónica Móviles España collaborates with Nokia to bring S60 devices in its portfolio to enable consumer's ease of use and multiplicity of applications Dec 2007 - Symbian smartphones selling through more than 250 major network operators worldwide Feb 2007 - Nokia announced a collaboration to strengthen T-Mobile's capabilities to bring core services to market and improve the capability of S60 licensees to develop devices for T-Mobile Nov 2006 - 3 launches the X-Series first for devices based on UIQ and S60 on Symbian OS Oct 2006 - Orange specified S60 on Symbian OS as a platform of choice to accelerate Orange device customization, shorten time-to-market and accelerate application development Oct 2006 - AT&T formerly known as Cingular Wireless launched Symbian Zone on Cingular devCentral to provide Cingular Deluxe developers with early online access to the latest Symbian OS library for application developers Nov 2004 - NTT DoCoMo selects Symbian OS as one of its primary smartphone development platforms Graduate Recruitment Some of the world's brightest, most creative people are working at Symbian, evolving Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for mobile phones. Positioned at the heart of the wireless industry, Symbian offers exciting and stimulating roles both locally and internationally for those eager to play an active part in developing our OS. Working in the embedded arena on Symbian OS is technically demanding; we think few other companies bring together so many diverse, disciplined people in such an informal and relaxed, yet highly productive environment. Our unique Graduate Bootcamp training programme runs over 5 weeks and is designed to provide graduates with the skills required to achieve the industry recognised qualification of Symbian OS Developers. You'll receive an excellent overview of the organisation and gain a greater understanding of how your particular skills can benefit the company. Bootcamp also gives you the opportunity to build friendships and working relationships with fellow graduates which will last throughout your career. At Symbian, we are all about bringing the power of Symbian OS into the hands of all mobile users and to ultimately become the most widely used software on the planet. If you really want to be part of something that will move the world then apply as soon as possible, Bootcamp fills up fast and places are always limited! A Symbian Graduate will: * work on high level technology, integral to a diverse array of smartphones, marketed by the world's leading brands * play a key role in the development of one of the most dynamic industries in the world * start working instantly on Symbian OS – immediate impact! Entry Requirements A minimum of a 2:1 BSc degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience e.g. Software, Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Physics etc. Knowledge of C/C++ would be a distinct advantage. Also vital for all graduate opportunities are: * a logical approach to problem solving * an analytical mind * a strong customer focus * an ability and the desire to work as part of a team * strong interpersonal and communication skills * an ability to display initiative. Selection Process – Assessment Days Candidates are invited to send their CV's to graduates@symbian.com together with the completed on-line Application Form which is attached below. Assessment Days will be based on defined competencies to give us the opportunity to rate each candidate's ability. Competencies are the skills, knowledge and characteristics we consider key to your successful performance within Symbian. The events will offer an opportunity to listen to presentations given by key members of Symbian staff, giving a greater insight into the Company and its benefits as well as handling the variety of technologies which you could be developing. Attendees will participate in a variety of selection techniques, ranging from aptitude tests involving the use of C, C++ or Java, and psychometric tests to evaluate ability in areas such as reasoning and problem solving. Individual interviews will also be held. To Apply: Pauline Stirling 2-6 Boundary Row, Southwark, London SE1 8HP graduates@symbian.com 02071541234 www.symbian.com/graduates/