OVUM DATA NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL BLOOMBERG USERS

Melbourne, October 30, 2012. – Ovum, a leading technology, telecommunications and e-commerce analysis and consulting firm, today announced that its telecommunication and information technology (IT) industry data is available on the Bloomberg Professional service. The data is accessible to Bloomberg’s more than 310,000 subscribers through the Bloomberg Industries platform, the first and only portal to offer interactive, continuously updated industry research and data.

Ovum provides Bloomberg Industries with a cross-section of its historical and forecast telecommunications industry data including revenue, connection, shipment and capital expenditure levels. The data, covering mobile, fixed-line services and mobile devices, can be broken down globally and regionally. Ovum also provides select information and communications technology (ICT) data from its ICT Opportunity Profiler, an industry tool that enables companies to identify new growth prospects within the IT services sector, and details ICT spending, service contract renewals and potential ICT investments.

“More than ever, financial analysts and portfolio managers need consistent and accurate insight into the telecommunication and IT industries,” says John Lively, Ovum’s Chief Forecaster. “Ovum’s team of analysts have many decades of industry experience, which combined with our industry-leading quality process has made Ovum the most trusted name in market data for the ICT industry.”

Subscribers of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides financial information to business and investment professionals globally, can access Ovum’s data via the Bloomberg Industries platform at {BI}. The Bloomberg Industries dashboards cover more than 100 industries in North America, Europe and Asia, and are designed to complement the work of buy and sell-side analysts. The portal provides extensive analysis and thematic insights on industry trends to analysts, portfolio managers, traders, salespeople, bankers and corporate executives.

“We’re very proud to be working with Bloomberg to provide its customers with crucial insights needed to get ahead in today’s business environment. The cross-section of industry-level information we supply for the dashboard complements Bloomberg’s long-standing reputation for quality financial data. Bloomberg provides a complete view of business markets and participants and Ovum’s data is an important contribution to one of their key platforms,” concludes Lively.