European Smartphone Market Grows 41 Percent in Past Year

By Comscore Inc., PRNE
Monday, September 13, 2010

Nokia Continues to Lead Smartphone Market But Apple and Android Devices are Gaining Fast

LONDON, September 14, 2010 - comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world,
today released a study of smartphone use showing that the Symbian platform
holds 54.4 percent of the Western European market. Despite Symbian's
continued growth in number of smartphone subscribers, its market share has
fallen as growth in the Apple OS and Android (Google) platforms has surged in
the past year.

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    Top Smartphone Platforms in Europe
    3 Month Avg. Ending July 2010 vs. July 2009
    Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT) Smartphone Subscribers, Age 13+
    Source: comScore MobiLens

                             Jul-09                   Jul-10
                             ------                   ------
                                  Share (%)                Share (%)
                     Subscribers     of       Subscribers     of        Point
                        (000)    Subscribers     (000)    Subscribers  Change
                        -----    -----------     -----    -----------  ------
    Total Smartphone
     Subscribers :
     13+ yrs old       43,053     100.0 %       60,850       100.0 %
    --------------     ------     ------        ------       ------
    Symbian            29,601      68.8 %       33,080        54.4 %   -14.4
    -------            ------      -----        ------        -----    -----
    Apple               4,398      10.2 %       11,677        19.2 %     9.0
    -----               -----      -----        ------        -----      ---
    Microsoft           5,972      13.9 %        7,081        11.6 %    -2.3
    ---------           -----      -----         -----        -----     ----
    RIM                 2,746       6.4 %        4,886         8.0 %     1.6
    ---                 -----       ----         -----         ----      ---
    Google                208       0.5 %        3,708         6.1 %     5.6
    ------                ---       ----         -----         ----      ---

Smartphone adoption in the EU5 (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy) has
grown 41 percent in the past year to 60.8 million subscribers. Currently,
more than one out of every two smartphones is a Nokia manufactured device,
although Nokia accounted for more than two out of every three smartphones a
year ago.

"Nokia is still the clear leader in the European smartphone market and as
the eagerly anticipated N8 launches, all eyes are on Nokia," says comScore
European VP Mobile, Jeremy Copp. "While Nokia has made great strides with
offerings such as the Ovi Store and Symbian 3, the pressure is on to reclaim
valuable market share. By innovating and bringing new phones to market for a
wide variety of audiences, Nokia's future is not predicated on the success of
one handset alone."

    Top Mobile OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers)
    3 Month Avg. Ending July 2010 vs. July 2009
    Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT) Smartphone Subscribers, Age 13+
    Source: comScore MobiLens

                            Jul-2009                  Jul-2010
                            --------                  --------
                                  Share (%)                 Share (%)
                     Subscribers     of       Subscribers      of       Point
                        (000)    Subscribers     (000)    Subscribers  Change
                        -----    -----------     -----    -----------  ------
    Total Smartphone
     Subscribers:
     13+ yrs old       43,053     100.0 %       60,850        100.0 %
    -------------      ------     -----         ------        -----
    Nokia              28,260      65.6 %       31,169         51.2 %  -14.4
    -----              ------      ----         ------         ----    -----
    Apple               4,398      10.2 %       11,677         19.2 %    9.0
    -----               -----      ----         ------         ----      ---
    RIM                 2,746       6.4 %        4,886          8.0 %    1.6
    ---                 -----       ---          -----          ---      ---
    Samsung             1,976       4.6 %        3,121          5.1 %    0.5
    -------             -----       ---          -----          ---      ---
    Sony Ericsson         498       1.2 %        1,495          4.8 %    3.6
    -------------         ---       ---          -----          ---      ---
    LG                    197       0.5 %          487          0.8 %    0.3
    --                    ---       ---            ---          ---      ---
    Motorola              180       0.4 %          388          0.6 %    0.2
    --------              ---       ---            ---          ---      ---

July 2010 European Mobile Benchmark Data

Below is comScore's July 2010 benchmark data, including a review of
mobile consumption behaviours and device penetration for five EU countries.
This benchmark data will be updated on a monthly basis to provide the most
up-to-date snapshot of the mobile industry. Further information on this
benchmark data, and other data included above, can be provided upon request.

    Mobile Benchmark Data for the European Market
    3 Month Average Ending July 2010
    Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+
    Source: comScore MobiLens

                                    Reach (%) of Mobile Subscribers
                                    -------------------------------

                               EU5     UK    France   Germany   Italy   Spain
                               ---     --    ------   -------   -----   -----
    Sent text message to
     another phone            82.5%   90.6%   80.7%    80.7%    78.6%   81.4%
    --------------------      ----    ----    ----     ----     ----    ----
    Used application
     [including games]        35.7%   41.8%   25.9%    35.3%    38.6%   37.1%
    ------------------        ----    ----    ----     ----     ----    ----
    Used browser              26.2%   37.4%   25.1%    21.1%    23.7%   23.6%
    ------------              ----    ----    ----     ----     ----    ----
    Listened to music on
     mobile phone             24.6%   23.6%   21.1%    26.8%    22.2%   30.5%
    --------------------      ----    ----    ----     ----     ----    ----
    Accessed Social
     Networking Site or Blog  15.3%   24.6%   14.0%     9.3%    15.0%   13.6%
    ------------------------  ----    ----    ----      ---     ----    ----
    Accessed news and
     information              29.9%   37.1%   27.9%    24.1%    32.6%   27.8%
    -----------------         ----    ----    ----     ----     ----    ----
    Smartphone [Platform]     26.4%   28.5%   19.3%    20.3%    34.1%   31.9%
    ---------------------     ----    ----    ----     ----     ----    ----
    3G Subscribers [Device
     Generation]              45.3%   44.6%   40.8%    41.8%    46.6%   56.0%
    ----------------------    ----    ----    ----     ----     ----    ----

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