Symbian Foundation Email Format
TelecommunicationsEngland, United Kingdom2-10 Employees
The Symbian Foundation, based in London, England, was founded by leading mobile industry players to create an open, proven mobile software platform and to make it freely available. It served as the governance body for the open development and curation of the Symbian platform as a non-profit organization. In November 2010, it began winding down operational activities and completed a transition to a licensing entity with no permanent staff, taking on licensing and legal framework responsibilities established during the open-source transition. A February 2010 development noted the beta launch of a new developer site, reflecting ongoing ecosystem work at the time. The organization operates in the telecommunications sector and now functions primarily as a licensing body with a small team, rather than as a conventional product or service provider.