Nineteen Companies Newly Support 'Memory Stick' IC Recording Media

CeBIT, HANNOVER, Germany, Feb. 24 -- Sony Corporation today announced that the "Memory Stick" format will be supported by nineteen new companies. These companies from the Computer, Electronics, and Automotive industries in Europe, Japan, the United States, and Asia will now work with Sony to finalize definitive agreements to license the Memory Stick hardware/device specifications.

With today's announcement, the total number of companies to license the Memory Stick specifications reached forty-six companies (forty-four for the hardware/device license, and two for the media license). These companies will be able to manufacture and commercialize a wide variety of compliant products. As a result, Memory Stick is certain to enhance its presence in a broad range of industries to become the key transfer media of digital contents in the digital network world.