Coverity to help manage Quality and Security control of Leading Smartphone OS with Coverity's Source Code Analysis Technology

Symbian OS to benefit from technology originally developed to improve carrier-grade telecommunication infrastructure software

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 2005 – Coverity, Inc., makers of one of the world's most advanced and scalable source code analysis solution, today announced that Symbian - licensors of Symbian OS™, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones - has licensed Coverity's Prevent and Extend products to help manage the quality and security control of Symbian OS. Coverity has also joined Symbian's Platinum Partner Program to extend its source code analysis solution to the Symbian ecosystem. Symbian OS powers the world's most popular smartphones and is licensed by the leading mobile phone manufacturers.

"Coverity's source code analysis system is a complimentary solution to Symbian OS and offers a highly scalable analysis technology for independent Symbian OS developers," said Jerry Panagrossi,vice president of US operations, Symbian. "We are delighted to welcome Coverity to the Symbian Platinum Program, as they are bringing a wealth of experience in quality control and security testing solutions to the Symbian OS ecosystem."

"Coverity's Prevent and Extend technology will enable Symbian OS developers to perform state-of-the-art software quality control and security analyses, thereby improving time-to-market for quality and security inspected software releases," said Seth Hallem, CEO of Coverity. "We applaud Symbian's efforts to build the most secure and robust mobile phone operating system and are honored that they have selected Coverity for source code analysis."

Symbian OS phones are growing in popularity. As of Q1 2005, cumulative shipments of Symbian OS phones exceeded 32 million and year on year phone shipments grew more than 180 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

According to technology analyst firm IDC, shipments of smartphones increased 135 percent in the first quarter of 2005 compared to a year ago with Symbian as the market leader. As Symbian OS phones are increasingly deployed into the mass market, Coverity will continue to work with Symbian and the Symbian OS ecosystem towards ensuring that Symbian OS remains the most secure operating system for advanced open mobile phones.

About the Symbian Platinum Program
The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of 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 please see www.symbian.com/partners/platinum.html

About Coverity, Inc.
Coverity (www.coverity.com), makers of the world's most advanced and scalable source code analysis solution for pinpointing software defects and security vulnerabilities, is a privately-held company headquartered in San Francisco. Coverity was founded in 2002 by leading Stanford University scientists whose four-year research project resulted in a breakthrough approach for addressing the costliest problem in the software industry. That research breakthrough allows developers to quickly and precisely eliminate software defects and security vulnerabilities in tens of millions of lines of new or legacy code. Today, Coverity's solution is used by more than 40 leading companies to significantly improve the quality of their software, including Juniper Networks, VERITAS, McAfee, Synopsys, NASA, PalmOne, Sun Microsystems and Wind River.

Coverity is a registered trademark, and Coverity Extend and Coverity Prevent are trademarks of Coverity, Inc. All other company and product names are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contacts
Bret Clement
Page One PR for Coverity
bret@pageonepr.com
(303) 462-3057

David Park
dave@coverity.com
(415) 321-5204

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers. The following Symbian OS licensees have Symbian OS-based mobile phones in production and / or in development: Arima, BenQ, Fujitsu for NTT DoCoMo FOMA, LG, Lenovo, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Sharp, Siemens, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. In the first quarter of 2005, more than 6.75m Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide, taking the installed base of Symbian OS phones to more than 32 million.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe, Israel, Australia and Asia (Bangalore, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo).

Symbian Media Contacts:
Rebecca SmithBurson-Marsteller for Symbian Ltd
+1 415 591 4127
symbian_press@sfo.bm.com

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