Freescale, Nokia and Symbian collaborate to develop 3G single core reference design

Freescale Semiconductor, Nokia Corporation and Symbian are
joining together to create the first 3G mobile phone reference design using
Freescale's single core modem, targeted to run S60 software on Symbian OS.
This reference design is expected to provide handset manufacturers and operators
the first real solution to address the mid-tier 3G market segment and to reduce
device development time by up to 50%.

The foundation of this new reference design will be Freescale's
MXC300-30 platform, part of the award-winning Mobile eXtreme Convergence
architecture. The reference design is expected to offer a pre-integrated
development and verification environment, providing shorter time-to-market for
phone manufacturers, operators and system integrators. Freescale is showcasing
the MXC300-30 platform at next week's 3GSM World Congress held in Barcelona.

"This S60 on Symbian OS-based single core reference
design is a great step forward for OEMs to align feature sets and dramatically
reduce development time for next-generation mid-tier 3G mobile phones,"
said Franz Fink, Senior VP and GM of Freescale's Wireless and Mobile Systems
Group. "Additionally, operators can increase their coverage by adding more
people to the

network and recouping 3G infrastructure

investments."

"This collaboration with Freescale and Symbian is an excellent milestone
for S60 and 3G evolution. Together we expect to create a solution that

further supports the solid volume growth of S60 and serves the mid-tier 3G
market segments," said Matti Vänskä, VP, Mobile Software Sales and
Marketing, Nokia.

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