SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/16/2006 -- M:Metrics, the mobile market authority, has issued its response to the lawsuit issued by Telephia alleging patent infringement.
"The suit by Telephia, citing two patents in their press release as being infringed by M:Metrics, is totally without merit," said Will Hodgman, CEO, M:Metrics. "Any reasonable inquiry into what M:Metrics' technology actually does would have clearly shown no infringement of those two patents. As a result of not having made that inquiry, M:Metrics will be asking the court for Rule 11 sanctions and attorney fees against Telephia if they insist on further prosecution of this baseless action."

With more than 60 clients, including all the Tier One national carriers, leading MVNOs, mobile content and technology companies, M:Metrics applies trusted media measurement methodologies to assess the audience for mobile content and applications. As the world's most authoritative mobile market measurement firm, M:Metrics delivers the most accurate mobile market metrics through the largest monthly survey of mobile subscribers across the U.S., U.K., Germany and France, as well as automated data collection methodologies. Although the company has not yet released details on its meter product, it will continue with its plans to announce details next week.

"Sadly, Telephia is less interested in competing in the marketplace and more interested in competing in legal circles with outrageous and spurious claims," said Hodgman. "We will continue to stay focused on what we do best: providing the marketplace with the most accurate, reliable measures of mobile content consumption while providing outstanding service to our growing list of industry-leading clients."

About M:Metrics
M:Metrics is the mobile market measurement authority. As the only research firm to measure the audience for mobile media, M:Metrics provides the most accurate metrics on actual mobile content consumption by applying trusted media measurement methodologies to the mobile market. M:Metrics' monthly syndicated data service gives clients the critical insights and intelligence required to inform smart business strategies and the competitive benchmarks needed to evaluate the performance of competitors and partners. M:Metrics is a private, venture-funded corporation headquartered in Seattle, with offices in San Francisco and London.

About M:Metrics Data
Based on continually refreshed samples of nationally representative mobile phone consumers, M:Metrics reports summarize market size, device reach, and key demographic and mobile phone usage characteristics.

The data presented here is drawn from an extensive survey questionnaire that collects specific device model and carrier subscription information from each month's sample of mobile phone subscribers, and also drills down into specific details related to current and past usage of various mobile phone applications and content. Data collected from each sample are statistically balanced and projected to the total national population of mobile phone subscribers.

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