CoreMedia Tops New ABI Research Mobile Digital Rights Management Vendor Matrix Rankings

OYSTER BAY, N.Y., June 26, 2006 - CoreMedia has been ranked at the top of the latest Mobile DRM Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.

Microsoft and NDS claimed the second and third spots in the company's most recent evaluation of worldwide mobile DRM vendors. Microsoft and NDS ranked higher than some of the more successful smaller players because of their pedigree, R&D efforts and potential for future success.The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI Research to provide a clear understanding of vendors' positions in specific markets.

Vendors are assessed by ABI Research on the important parameters of "innovation" and "implementation" across several criteria, unique to each vendor matrix, such as customer wins, contract awards, global reach, market share, patents, R&D spending, time to market, and first movers, among others.

To view a list of the "top ten" firms in this Vendor Matrix, please visit Mobile DRM Vendor Matrix. Registration on the ABI Research website (free) is required. Access to the rankings of all companies surveyed is available to clients of ABI Research.

This Vendor Matrix forms part of ABI Research's Digital Media Distribution and Management Research Service. For a list of all ABI Research Vendor Matrices, please visit The ABI Research Vendor Matrix.

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Source: CoreMedia