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Sony Ericsson Joins Open Handset Alliance

Sony Ericsson extends portfolio strategy to include support for Open Handset Alliance

London, December 9 2008 - Sony Ericsson today announced the extension of its portfolio strategy to include support for the Open Handset Alliance

"Sony Ericsson is excited to announce its membership of the Open Handset Alliance and confirm its intention to develop a handset based on the Android platform," said Rikko Sakaguchi, CVP and head of Creation and Development at Sony Ericsson. "We believe Sony Ericsson can bring a wealth of experience in making consumer focused multimedia handsets with new user experience to the Alliance drawing on the successes of the Walkman and Cyber-shot sub-brands. Sony Ericsson is a strong supporter of open operating systems and we believe the Open Handset Alliance offers an exciting opportunity for a new and unique user experience only Sony Ericsson can deliver."

Membership of the Open Handset Alliance will complement the company's existing Open OS strategy which is based on the Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms.

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Sony Ericsson is a top global industry player with sales of over 100 million phones in 2007. Diversity is one of the core strengths of the company, with operations in over 80 countries including manufacturing in China and R&D sites in China, Europe, India, Japan and North America. Sony Ericsson was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. For more information about Sony Ericsson, please visit www.sonyericsson.com

FOR MEDIA INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Sony Ericsson Global Communications & PR Mattias Holm +44-20-8762-6065 General Press: +44 208 762 5858 E-mail: press.global@SonyEricsson.com Images: www.sonyericsson.com/press

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