CoreMedia expands in Scandinavia: Aspiro selects CoreMedia for its convergent music platform - Telenor as first client

Hamburg, May 30, 2007 – CoreMedia, the global provider of software solutions for convergent content business, announced today that Aspiro, Nordic market leader for the distribution of mobile content services, has selected CoreMedia DRM to secure their rich media content on its way to consumers.

Aspiro (www.aspiro.com), headquartered in Sweden, creates and supplies mobile entertainment, information and community services to consumers. Aspiro just announced that they will supply the music store on the Norwegian mobile portals of the Nordic telecom group Telenor. In the new music store users can download music to their mobile phones or PCs - protected by CoreMedia DRM. Some 700,000 tracks are available to customers, with this range including music from all the major record companies like Universal, Warner Music, EMI and SonyBMG.

With Aspiro’s services, consumers can watch TV, listen to music, interact in communities and enjoy games and other activities on their mobile phones or on the Internet.

Willms Buhse, Executive Director of CoreMedia comments: “We are thrilled to win Aspiro as a new customer and thereby supporting them in developing new business models for mobile and web. With this new customer and Telenor selecting Aspiro, CoreMedia gains momentum in the Scandinavian market.”

CoreMedia offers Aspiro a state-of-the-art DRM solution with the Windows Media Digital Rights Management suite. This technology provides key tools to launch mobile music offerings based on Windows Media DRM. "Aspiro has a strong focus on full track music services for both mobile and web. We provide our music platform to operators and media partners across the Nordic region and will launch new services for mobile and web shortly. As DRM is an important element of such services we chose CoreMedia as the trusted provider“, states Nils Juell, Head of Music Projects.

CoreMedia pioneers the mobile world with new solutions that enables mobile content business by deploying powerful 3G services. The company is working with the leading players in the telecommunications market for global interoperability to enable new business models in the mobile world, amongst them Deutsche Telekom, debitel, Motorola, Musicload, Nokia, O2, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Samsung, SoftBank, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, T-Online, ViVo and Vodafone.

CoreMedia – Any content, anywhere in a trusted universe
CoreMedia, the global provider of software solutions for convergent content business, is technology leader for Content Management and Digital Rights Management. CoreMedia develops innovative software, which secures, strengthens and expands content business. The company delivers key components for each Service Delivery Platform, which manages, distributes and protects digital content. With a passion for excellence, CoreMedia is committed to developing first-class software products based on open standards for multi-channel delivery. As an active member of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), CoreMedia is committed to open standards and interoperability.

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, CoreMedia has over 140 employees and maintains a global network of partners that includes 500 professional consultants.

CoreMedia is a global innovation and technology leader for content technology. After winning the A.T. Kearney "Best Innovator" award, CoreMedia was recognized by Deloitte as the fastest-growing software company in Germany. In 2005 the Red Herring Magazine ranked CoreMedia in their Top 100 European companies for its leading role in innovation and technology.

Leading portal operators and enterprises in all industries trust CoreMedia for reliable, high-quality service and integrated information management. Over 150 companies at all 5 continents within the telecommunications, media, industrial and financial sectors successfully work with CoreMedia’s technology, amongst them industry leaders such as BenQ, Bertelsmann, Continental, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Telekom, debitel, EPCOS, GMX, Motorola, Musicload, NEC, Nokia, O2, Panasonic, Qualcomm, SEAT, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, T-Online, ViVo and Vodafone plus more than over 60 public-sector organizations. For more information, please visit www.coremedia.com.

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