CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - May 19, 2009) - Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs), the leading
provider of mobile phone virtualization, today announced availability of
OK:Symbian, a ready-to-run paravirtualized version of the globally-deployed
Symbian smartphone platform. OK Labs Secure HyperCell™ Architecture
enables the Symbian platform to be used as a guest operating system running
in a secure hypercell on top of the OK Labs OKL4 microvisor. With this
architecture, OK:Symbian attains new levels of security and robustness and
enables the use of Symbian platform in new lower cost devices and in new
ways.
Currently, the Symbian platform runs on select handsets from Nokia, Sony
Ericsson and other Symbian licensees. The creation of the Symbian
Foundation and the opening of the Symbian platform code promise to broaden
the market and appeal of the mobile OS, but chipset vendors, mobile OEMs,
and mobile network operators (MNOs) still face the challenge of porting and
hosting the Symbian platform on both current chipsets and new mobile
hardware.
OK Labs delivers on the promise of new markets by enabling mobile device
manufacturers and operators to deploy the Symbian platform using the
company's Secure HyperCell™ Architecture and OKL4 microvisor. "OKL4
already ships on over 300 million phones worldwide, which are based on
industry-standard mobile chipsets," commented Steve Subar, OK Labs
President and CEO. "OK:Symbian builds on existing OKL4 enablement in mobile
device designs, simplifying the integration of Symbian OS with new devices
and dramatically shortening time to market." Moreover, OK:Symbian lets
handset OEMs, MNOs and mobile phone users benefit from the tens of
thousands of existing Symbian applications and the global developer
community for the Symbian platform.
"OK:Symbian provides a ready-to-use integrated solution combining two
leading system software products for mobile devices: the OK Labs OKL4
microvisor and the Symbian platform," noted Rob McCammon, Vice President of
Product Management at OK Labs. "Both are based on open source software,
both enjoy long-term deployment by leading handset OEMs, and both software
solutions power hundreds of millions of mobile handsets from leading
manufacturers."
OK:Symbian benefits mobile OEMs and mobile network operators
OK:Symbian confers a range of benefits across the Symbian ecosystem, from
Nokia, deploying the Symbian platform in over 100 million handsets, to
other members of the Symbian Foundation and beyond, including mobile OEMs,
MNOs, developers and mobile phone users in Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
OK:Symbian enables businesses in the mobile ecosystem to:
-- Create more secure and robust mobile devices and services with the
Symbian platform
-- Run multiple mobile OSes or multiple instances of the Symbian platform
on a single device
-- Migrate legacy Symbian platform, wireless stacks, and applications to
new hardware architectures and handsets
-- Consolidate hardware (e.g., baseband and application CPU cores) for
more aggressive price-points in handsets based on the Symbian platform
-- Create new mobile-to-enterprise virtualization (M2E) enabled devices
based on the Symbian platform (M2E is a set of joint solutions developed by
Citrix Systems, Inc. and OK Labs for delivering enterprise applications to
mobile devices)
Open Kernel Labs
Open Kernel Labs is the global leader in open source virtualization
software for mobile devices, consumer electronics, and embedded systems.
Backed by the largest, independent team of microkernel developers, the OKL4
microvisor is deployed on more than 300 million mobile phones worldwide.
Chipset suppliers, handset OEMs, and mobile network operators depend on OK
Labs to deliver high performance solutions that decrease BOM cost, reduce
complexity, and speed time-to-market.
For information on the OK Community, please visit the Community Portal at
http://www.ok-labs.com/community/community-portal. Participants can join
the Developer's Mailing List at
http://www.ok-labs.com/community/mailing-list-signup.
Open Kernel Labs, OK Labs and Secure HyperCell™ are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Open Kernel Labs or its affiliates in the U.S. and
other countries. Symbian Foundation and all Symbian-based trademarks and
logos are trademarks of the Symbian Foundation. Other names may be
trademarks of their respective owners. All other trademarks and registered
trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Contact Information: CONTACT:
Chris Walker
Connect Public Relations
(801) 373-7888
Marti Konstant
Open Kernel Labs
(312) 933-0101