Nov. 16, 2009 (The Hindu Business Line) --

Hyderabad, Nov. 16

Mahindra Satyam (NYSE:SAY) has joined the Symbian Foundation, which is creating a proven, open and complete mobile software platform. The Symbian software platform is backed by contributions from communications majors such as Nokia (NYSE:NOK) , NTT DoCoMo (NYSE:DCM) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) Ericsson. (NASDAQ:ERICY) “Portions of the source code are already being moved to open source, under the Eclipse Public Licence. By mid-2010, this process will be complete,” a Mahindra Satyam press release said here. “As a member of the Symbian Foundation, Mahindra Satyam gains the immediate right to license the Symbian Foundation platform and participate in the governance of the foundation. We can also take part in joint marketing and branding campaigns,” it added. –

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