Symbian Benefits from EU Million Injection

The EC gives €11 million to the Symbian Foundation, as its Artemis joint technology initiative endorses the ailing platform.

Symbian FoundationThe SYMBEOSE ("Symbian-- the Embedded Operating System for Europe") consortium contributes the same amount-- meaning  €22 million worth of investment, with half from EU taxpayers' money.

The consortium consists of 24 organisations from 8 EU countries.

The funds will be used to develop new core platform capabilities in power efficiency and system optimisation, alongside new asymmetrical multiprocessing techniques and cloud capabilities.

R&D in future mobile platforms and embedded devices will also feature.

This news surely brings some cheer to the Symbian Foundation-- 2010 didn't show the Foundation too much favour (CEO Lee Williams' resigned, Sony Ericsson and Samsung abdicated, and Nokia leans on its Qt and MeeGo projects.)

Go Euromillions for the Symbian Ecosystem