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| Company type | non-profit organisation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Open mobile software platform |
| Predecessor | Symbian Ltd |
| Founded | 24 June 2008 |
| Founder | Nokia Sony Ericsson NTT DoCoMo Motorola Texas Instruments Vodafone LG Electronics Samsung Electronics STMicroelectronics AT&T |
| Defunct | April 2011 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | The Symbian platform |
| Website | symbian.org |
The Symbian Foundation was a non-profit organisation that stewarded the Symbian operating system for mobile phones which previously had been owned and licensed by Symbian Ltd. Symbian Foundation never directly developed the platform, but evangelised, co-ordinated and ensured compatibility. It also provided key services to its members and the community such as collecting, building and distributing Symbian source code. During its time it competed against the Open Handset Alliance and the LiMo Foundation.