August 01, 2003 - Bangalore

MindTree joins Symbian Platinum Partner Program to provide product realization services on Symbian OS-based smartphones

MindTree Consulting, a product realization services company, announced today that it has become a Symbian Platinum Partner to support the emerging market for Symbian OS-based advanced mobile phones. As a Platinum Partner, MindTree is extending its Bluetooth™ and Wireless Application design solutions to the Symbian ecosystem. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS™, the global industry standard operating system for advanced mobile phones, to the world’s leading handset manufacturers, which account for over 80 per cent of worldwide mobile phone sales.

"This partnership reflects our commitment to the wireless handheld market and our intent to build upon our wireless technology strategy,” said Mr Vinod Deshmukh, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, MindTree.  "We have become a key player in Bluetooth technology by licensing our Bluetooth software IPs to various applications and addressing market need. By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, MindTree ensures the close integration of our solutions with Symbian OS through reusable technology building blocks in Bluetooth™ and wireless applications. We are excited to be part of a fast-moving industry that is generating increasing support for Symbian OS and driving demand for advanced mobile phone features that will dramatically improve the usability of wireless devices."

MindTree has licensed its Bluetooth™ intellectual properties to several leading brand names in USA, Europe and Japan. These IPs have been incorporated in mobile phones, computer mice, keyboards and headsets (hands-free).  MindTree’s Baseband Controller is proven in silicon and has been successfully integrated on System-on-a-Chip for hand held devices.  MindTree also offers its world-class, design-engineering services to build prototypes for Bluetooth™ enabled devices, leveraging its global delivery model and technology expertise to help clients bring their products to market faster.

“Bluetooth technology solutions have become a fundamental requirement for today’s mobile devices,” said Martin Coul, Technology Partner Program Director, Symbian.  “We are pleased to have MindTree Consulting join the Symbian Platinum Partner Program to build Bluetooth and short range wireless technology solutions on Symbian OS-based smartphones.”

The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of the mobile computing technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, including technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team. For more information see www.symbian.com/partners/platinum.html

About MindTree

MindTree Consulting is an international IT consulting company that delivers affordable business and technology solutions through global software development.  Co-headquartered in Somerset, NJ and Bangalore, India, the company approaches technology initiatives in a business context, with the industry knowledge of a seasoned management team and employees exceptionally skilled in technology, business analysis and project management.  MindTree Consulting develops applications to help companies enhance their enterprise operations.  The company also delivers product realization services and designs re-usable building blocks for hi-tech companies. MindTree is the world's youngest company to be assessed at P-CMM Level 5 globally.  In August 2003, MindTree was ranked among the top 3 in the IT industry in the Best Employers in India 2003 Survey conducted by Hewitt Associates. Please visit www.mindtree.com for more information.

About Symbian

Symbian is a software licensing company which develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones.

Symbian has licensed Symbian OS to the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson. Publicly announced products based on Symbian OS include the BenQ P30, Samsung SGH-D700, Siemens SX-1, NTT DoCoMo FOMA F2051 and F2102V built by Fujitsu, Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone, Nokia 9200 Communicator range as well as the 7650, 6600, 3650 and N-Gage.

Symbian has its global headquarters in London, United Kingdom with development sites in Europe and Asia.

For further information about Symbian, please see www.symbian.com or email press@symbian.com.