(25 January 2008 2:25 pm)

MUMBAI: F-Secure Corporation, a provider of security services through mobile operators and Internet Service Providers (ISP), has announced collaboration with Sony Ericsson to provide its mobile security product for the UIQ platform of Sony Ericsson's smartphones.

A trial version of the F-Secure Mobile Security 3.3 for UIQ will be available in select Sony Ericsson UIQ devices. The companies will co-operate closely together in the area of mobile security to make sure that smartphones continue to offer a safe and rich mobile computing experience.

"We have products for all the major open smartphone platforms at the moment, and we will continue to expand our security solutions offering to meet the growing needs in the market," says F-Secure mobile solutions business unit VP Samu Konttinen.

The F-Secure Mobile Security 3.3 for UIQ combines an integrated antivirus and firewall for modern smartphones as they are highly connected computing devices that need the same kind of protection as PCs do.

With similar solutions already available for S60 and Windows Mobile, it completes the F-Secure offering of security solutions for the popular platforms in the rapidly growing smartphone market.