F-Secure Corporation and Sony Erisson has join the partnership on supplying mobile security to Sony Ericsson?s smartphones with the availability of F-Secure’s Mobile Security product for the UIQ platform. The F-Secure Mobile Security 3.3 for UIQ combines an integrated antivirus and firewall. With similar solutions already available for S60 and Windows Mobile it completes the F-Secure offering of award-winning solutions for the most popular platforms in the rapidly growing smartphone market.

“We are very proud and happy about the UIQ product and the co-operation. Our complete mobile product range will enable us to continue our leadership in the area of mobile security. We have seen increasing demand for mobile security solutions also from mobile operators, who want to offer their customers a secure user experience in all situations and on all platforms. 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 Samu Konttinen, Vice President, Mobile Solutions Business Unit, F-Secure.

The F-Secure Mobile Security 3.3 for UIQ will also be available for subscription through the F-Secure Mobile eStore at http://www.f-secure.com/estore. A trial version of the F-Secure Mobile Security 3.3 for UIQ will be available in selected Sony Ericsson UIQ devices. The companies will co-operate closely together in the area of mobile security to make sure that smartphones will continue to offer a safe and rich mobile computing experience.

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