Symbian OS Data
Symbian Limited, the developer and licensor of Symbian OS for advanced data-enabled mobile phones, recently released unaudited financial and operational figures for the quarter ended 31 March 2007. Below are some highlights from their release. [Note: Royalties data include both Symbian OS and UIQ (up to completion of sale of UIQ on 2 February 2007)]
| Q1 2007 | Q4 2006 | Q1 2006 | |
| Symbian OS Units | 15.9m | 14.6m | 11.7m |
| Average Royalty / Unit | US$4.5 | US$5.1 | US$5.4 |
| Royalty GP% | 93% | 93% | 88% |
| End Q1 2007 | End Q4 2006 | End Q1 2006 | |
| Number of Symbian smartphone models in the market | 114 | 108 | 66 |
| Number of licensees with Symbian smartphones in the market | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Number of Symbian smartphone models in development | 63 | 56 | 56 |
| Number of licensees with Symbian smartphones in development | 8 | 8 | 9 |
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