Clarification: Symbian Foundation not replaced, independent part of new SYMBEOSE consortium

Further to our story entitled Symbian Foundation saved by €22 million EU injection, there has been clarification from Symbian's PR agency Brands2Life.

It points out that new organisation SYMBEOSE isn't replacing Symbian. Rather it's a consortium including Symbian.

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"This is a consortium, which the Symbian Foundation is simply leading, set up to execute some specific, discrete projects with objectives for enhancing the platform. Symbian continues to exist and hasn't become SYMBEOSE they are two separate things," PocketGamer.biz was informed.

In addition, the figure of €22 million of funding for SYMBEOSE, while correct, actually consists of an €11 million grant from the EU and €11 million from the organisations forming SYMBEOSE.

Bottomline - "Apologies if there was any ambiguity before, but Symbian carries on, as does the new SYMBEOSE initiative."