TURIN, Italy & ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2006--S.I.SV.EL. S.p.A. and its US subsidiary Audio MPEG, Inc. are pleased to announce that they have granted Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB a license for MPEG 1 and 2, Layer I, II, and III patents. The license agreement covers all of Sony Ericsson`s consumer devices with MP3 capabilities. ``The decision by a leading cell phone company to use MP3 in its cell phones and take a license from SISVEL and Audio MPEG again illustrates the far-reaching success and importance of MP3 in the field of audio compression and reconfirms the industry`s appreciation of the research and development behind MPEG audio technology covered by the patents we are licensing`` said Gen. Richard Neal (Ret.), President of Audio MPEG. The MP3 and MPEG Layer II audio compression patents licensed by Sisvel and Audio MPEG were developed and are owned by France Telecom, TDF S.A. (Telediffusion de France), U.S. Philips Corporation, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Institut fur Rundfunktechnik GmbH, and Bayerische Rundfunkwerbung GmbH.

About S.I.SV.EL. S.p.A. and Audio MPEG, Inc.

SISVEL is a patent management company that has become a leader in its field. Founded in 1982,it has offices and subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Together with its U.S. subsidiary, Audio MPEG, Inc., SISVEL has the exclusive worldwide rights to grant licenses under patents for essential elements of the MP3 and MPEG audio compression standards. To date these patents have been licensed to over 600 companies. A list of the patents licensed is available on SISVEL web-site and a copy of the standard MPEG Audio license is available upon request. For more information about SISVEL and its current licensing program, please refer to www.sisvel.com and www.audiompeg.com.