Sun and Symbian Announce Alliance to Incorporate Java Technology in Over 40 Million EPOC Wireless Information Devices

Business Wire, March 17, 1999

HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1999--

Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Psion and Others to Have

Access to Sun's Java Technology for Future Smartphones and

Communicators

At CeBIT today, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) and Symbian announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which is subject to further negotiation and the closing of a definitive agreement, to incorporate Sun's Java(TM) technology as part of Symbian's standard EPOC(TM) platform solution.

This joint initiative is expected to benefit between 40 and 60 million users of Wireless Information Devices within the next five years.

Together, Java technology and the EPOC operating system are expected to provide a strong foundation for developers and service providers to expand their businesses with new content and services.

Java technologies help address business and consumer problems of incompatibility, complexity and security across networked appliances, allowing service providers to seamlessly deploy their content to a wide range of Wireless Information Devices. Service providers can also capture after-market sales by taking advantage of remote upgrading to deliver new capabilities to devices over the network.

"With the number of mobile phone subscribers forecast to reach one sixth of the world's population in ident and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

"The Wireless Information Device is likely to be one of the most influential networked devices to drive customers into the Posfectively create applications, with unparalleled ease-of-use, scalability and security.

Colly Myers, CEO of Symbian comments, "Symbian's alliance with Sun continues our stated aim of encouraging and developing open standards to enaities for licensees, developers and technology partners."

Sun and Symbian are both committed to adoptinseparate strategic relationships with NTT DoCoMo, one of the world's largest mobile communications operatorsfering attractive and enchanting solutions for ns licenses, develops and supports the EPOC plato promote standards for the interoperation of Wo Bay Area, Symbian is owned by Psion, Ericssonas propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of hardware, softwarestered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.