Clients leverage M:Metrics global, multidimensional view of the mobile market in a variety of contexts.
Media Franchise Management
M:Metrics data provides owners of intellectual property with ongoing intelligence regarding the magnitude
of the opportunity for various categories of content. Clients get a clear picture regarding the relative
strength of potential distribution partners and content portal channels.
Media Product Management
M:Metrics empowers product managers at content publishers to make product development decisions based on
real consumption data for specific subgenres or market segments. Content publishers also use M:Metrics to
garner ongoing pricing data for content categories by mobile operator and to benchmark their performance in terms
of titles distributed by major content portal channels.
Application Deployment
Production managers at content companies rely on an accurate read of the global, addressable market for specific
platform components. M:Metrics enables developers to prioritize porting using actual device penetration
data that is updated on a monthly basis.
Mobile Operator Competitive Benchmarking
Managers of data services use M:Metrics data to monitor their relative competitiveness on an ongoing
basis. Mobile operators gain a clear understanding of why consumption may vary between different applications by
comparing selection and pricing of content, the installed base of various devices, and variations in
subscriber demographics, across multiple geographies.
Handset Portfolio Management
Senior strategists with responsibility for device distribution use M:Metrics data to gauge the installed
base of various types of handsets on competitor networks. M:Metrics reports the appeal of various handset
capabilities to mobile subscriber segments across markets, and on an ongoing basis.
Device Product Management
Product mangers at handset OEMs use M:Metrics measurement data to add data consumption to their benchmark
criteria. M:Metrics is used to report on the evolution of a competitor's portfolio or the diffusion of
certain device features and their adoption by end-users.
Device Market Segmentation
Strategists at device or component companies use M:Metrics to analyze highly granular market segments by
specific handset capabilities. M:Metrics measurement data can be used to analyze and track OEM performance
in various handset capabilities or end-user segments on an ongoing basis.
M:Metrics services are designed for companies in the mobile content and applications market, such as
carriers, content companies, and handset OEMs, their suppliers and business partners.