MorphInk Corporation Strengthens Presence in Japan

Santa Clara, Calif., October 21, 2001 – MorphInk Corporation has strengthened its presence in Japan by hiring an experienced Japanese Director of Business Development and opening a representative office in Tokyo.

MorphInk Corporation has developed unique compression technologies that will revolutionize the quality of rich media services on wireless. MorphInk Corporation technologies are ideally suited to bring high quality animation to the wireless Internet. Japan is the worldwide leader in this market with over 35 million Mobile Internet users, strong demand for entertainment content and well-established business models.

MorphInk Corporation has appointed Hideki Kanamaru as Director of Business Development and head of MorphInk Japan Office. Mr. Kanamaru is a graduate of Tokyo University and has 19 years of experience in the fields of engineering, sales, management and business development, primarily with Mitsubishi Corporation of Tokyo, Japan.

Japan Office Contact Information:

MorphInk Corporation
Da Vinci Shiroganedai 4F
5-18-9 Shiroganedai
Minato-ku
Tokyo, Japan 108-0071
03-3443-5465
03-3473-8513(fax)