<s>
The	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
was	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organisation	O
that	O
stewarded	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
which	O
previously	O
had	O
been	O
owned	O
and	O
licensed	O
by	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
Ltd	O
.	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
never	O
directly	O
developed	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
but	O
evangelised	O
,	O
co-ordinated	O
and	O
ensured	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provided	O
key	O
services	O
to	O
its	O
members	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
such	O
as	O
collecting	O
,	O
building	O
and	O
distributing	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
time	O
it	O
competed	O
against	O
the	O
Open	O
Handset	O
Alliance	O
and	O
the	O
LiMo	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Foundation	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Nokia	O
,	O
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
,	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
,	O
Motorola	O
,	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
,	O
Vodafone	O
,	O
LG	O
Electronics	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
Electronics	O
,	O
STMicroelectronics	O
and	O
AT&T	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
their	O
device	B-Device
strategy	O
,	O
LG	O
and	O
Motorola	O
left	O
the	O
Foundation	O
board	O
soon	O
after	O
its	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
invited	O
companies	O
to	O
join	O
as	O
members	O
,	O
and	O
attracted	O
over	O
200	O
,	O
from	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
categories	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Device	B-Device
manufacturers	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
"	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
focus	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
 [ the ] 	O
funding	O
board	O
members	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2010	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
transition	O
to	O
"	O
a	O
legal	O
entity	O
responsible	O
for	O
licensing	O
software	O
and	O
other	O
intellectual	O
property	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
operational	O
responsibilities	O
or	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
transition	O
is	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
changes	O
in	O
global	O
economic	O
and	O
market	O
conditions	O
(	O
widely	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
stiff	O
competition	O
with	O
other	O
OS	O
such	O
as	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
Nokia	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
take	O
over	O
governance	O
of	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
major	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
maintaining	O
their	O
own	O
code	O
repository	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
development	O
ever	O
since	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
Ltd.	O
,	O
regularly	O
releasing	O
their	O
development	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
December	O
2010	O
all	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
public	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
wiki	O
and	O
code	O
repositories	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
Nokia	O
launched	O
a	O
new	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
that	O
year	O
both	O
Samsung	B-Application
and	O
Sony	O
Ericsson	O
left	O
the	O
Foundation	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Google	O
's	O
Open	O
Handset	O
Alliance	O
and	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
leaving	O
Japan	O
's	O
NTT	O
Docomo	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
major	O
Nokia	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Nokia	O
's	O
partnership	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
and	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
OS	I-Protocol
as	O
the	O
primary	O
platform	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
stopped	O
and	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
Accenture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
transition	O
completed	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Symbian	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
will	O
remain	O
as	O
the	O
trademark	O
holder	O
and	O
licensing	O
entity	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
only	O
have	O
non-executive	O
directors	O
involved	O
.	O
</s>
