Symbian Compatibility

Synchronica PLC
18 October 2006


Embargoed until 0700h, 18 October 2006


        Synchronica Gets Symbian Smartphones Screaming with Mobile Manager

The Symbian Smartphone Show, London, UK, 18 October 2006 - Synchronica Plc, an
international provider of robust mobile synchronisation and device management
solutions, today announces that it has expanded the security functions of Mobile
Manager to support Symbian smartphones. The new release of Mobile Manager
enables the broadest number of smartphone users to benefit from Synchronica's
over-the-air (OTA) security management, including wipe and lock; and the hugely
popular "Scream" feature. The software can be used by businesses as a self-care
facility to manage a fleet of smartphones, by service providers, or by
individual smartphone owners.

With Mobile Manager, businesses or service providers can immediately secure lost
or stolen devices remotely, from Mobile Manager's web-based application. The
device can be wiped and locked over-the-air, preventing sensitive corporate or
personal data stored on the device from being accessed by unauthorised users.
Also available with the software release is the ability to augment the wipe and
lock feature with an optional screaming sound sent OTA to the device as a sound
file.

David Wood, EVP Research, at Symbian commented: "OTA is becoming increasingly
important in the enterprise world where companies are arming their employees
with smartphones which often contain confidential data including corporate
email, Word and Excel documents and remote access to corporate database
information. Synchronica's solution provides a simple and effective way to
protect corporate data and the personal privacy of smartphone owners."

Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica added: "The partnership with Symbian is
a strategic move for Synchronica to further increase the reach of Mobile Manager
in the smartphone market. Symbian has a great reputation as leaders in this
space, with over 70% share of the smartphone market, and 82 million smartphones
shipped to date."

Other device management solutions require businesses to install and maintain
expensive and complex software solutions behind the corporate firewall and are
often overcomplicated and not designed for IT administrators. By contrast,
Synchronica's web-based Mobile Manager has been developed specifically to be
offered by mobile operators and service providers using the Software as a
Service (SaaS) model. This model also suits smaller companies which may choose
to opt for a self-care device management solution hosted by specialist service
providers. With this model, also now available on Symbian OS, companies can
access their own web portal but don't have any large up-front investment costs.
Larger companies can also install Mobile Manager behind the corporate firewall
and integrate it with their IT infrastructure.

Mobile Manager's security features for Symbian smartphones are available
immediately. Synchronica sells directly as well as through partners to larger
companies and to service providers such as mobile operators intending to offer
Mobile Manager to their subscribers. SME's can opt to purchase a fully or
part-hosted OTA device management service from service providers, rather than
buying the software outright.

Notes to Editors:

About Synchronica

Synchronica develops and markets synchronization and device management solutions
for mobile operators, device manufacturers, and enterprises. Its product
portfolio ranges from data synchronization (OMA DS) to device management (OMA
DM) and firmware update over-the-air (FUMO/FOTA). Synchronica has a strong track
record in the mobile industry including several live carrier-grade
installations.

Products include the SyncML DM Server which enables operators and device
manufacturers to build automated customer-care systems and the SyncML Gateway,
which enables seamless synchronization of corporate data including Push-Email
using OMA DS and Push IMAP. Its latest offering, Mobile Manager, enables mobile
operators and application service providers (ASPs) to offer mobile device
management as a hosted solution to enterprise customers.

Headquartered in the UK with offices in Berlin and Washington D.C., Synchronica
plc is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM:SYNC). More
information is available at www.synchronica.com

About Symbian Limited

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS,
the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile
phones, also known as smartphones.

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and has
built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across
the mobile industry. During H1 2006, 24 million Symbian OS phones were sold
worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number of
Symbian OS phones shipped to 82.8 million.

Symbian is hosting The Symbian Smartphone Show, 17-18 October 2006, at EXCEL, in
London, UK. For more information or to register or visit:
www.symbiansmartphoneshow.com

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the
United States, Europe (England and Sweden (UIQ Technology AB)), Israel and Asia
(India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan).

Press Contacts

Nicole Meissner           Synchronica plc        [phone]
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Paul Jarratt              Symbian Limited        [phone]
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