SOURCE: M:Metrics
June 25, 2007 05:00 ET
M:Metrics Reports April Rankings of Mobile Web Companies in the United States and United Kingdom
SEATTLE, WA and LONDON--(Marketwire - June 25, 2007) - M:Metrics, the mobile market
authority, today announced the rankings of the top mobile Web companies
among smartphone users in the United States and the United Kingdom, for the
month of April.
Top 10 Mobile Web Companies Visited By Smartphone Users by
Percent Active Reach April 2007
("Company" is an aggregate of company owned domains)
United States United Kingdom
Company Total Company Total
Google Inc. 62.48% Google Inc. 30.94%
Yahoo! Inc. 33.54% Orange Personal 21.68%
Communications
Services Limited
Microsoft Corporation 33.36% British Broadcasting 20.90%
Corporation (BBC)
AT&T Inc. 21.22% Microsoft Corporation 17.75%
Time Warner Inc. 19.06% Vodafone Group PLC 16.79%
The Walt Disney 17.00% eBay Inc. 13.08%
Company
News Corporation 15.54% O2 (UK) Ltd, Service 12.77%
Operations
Sprint Nextel 15.29% Hutchison Whampoa 12.67%
Limited
The Weather Channel 15.28% Yahoo! Inc. 10.97%
Interactive, Inc.
eBay Inc. 14.19% Deutsche Telekom AG 10.71%
Source: M:Metrics. Reports for the month of April are projected
to represent the universe of smartphone owners and are based on
in-tab panel sizes of approximately 500 panelists in the United
States and 600 panelists in the United Kingdom.
The data above is derived from M:Metrics' proprietary panel of metered
smartphone device owners, selected to represent a population which accounts
for a highly disproportionate share of mobile data services usage.
Smartphone users browse the Web, download applications and consume
multimedia programming such as music and video at up to six times the rate
of owners of other handsets.
The patent-pending M:Meter continuously and unobtrusively monitors
messaging, browsing, application and media usage and powers M:Metrics'
MeterDirect Syndicated Measurement Service.
Smartphone usage is driving the emerging mobile Web and this will be one of
the keys to advertising-based business models. According to M:Metrics
data, more than one-third of smartphone browsers are using the Web almost
every day and on average. Smartphone owners drive a disproportionate share
of revenue for mobile operators and content providers and understanding
their behavior is a key to understanding how to best monetize the mobile
medium.
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.
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