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Alltel offers song-identification service

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is partnering with Shazam Entertainment Ltd. and Rocket Mobile Inc. on a mobile music identification offering.

The carrier launched SongIDentity, which delivers information, including artist, title and album, when a user plays a song into a handset. The application is available for $1 per use; the carrier also offers packages of six or 10 songs.

Software developers Loudeye Corp. and Musiwave are among those powering music-identification applications for other carriers.

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