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Napster goes Euro with O2 deal

LOS ANGELES-Napster's mobile offering will make its European debut later this month.The digital music service said O2 Ireland will offer Napster's catalog of 3 million full-length songs, artist images and ringtones to its 1.6 million subscribers. The application includes search, browse, preview and recommendation...

Canadians get crack at all-you-can-eat music downloads from Telus

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian network operator Telus Mobility is adding a subscription-based offering to its full-track mobile music service.The carrier launched an all-you-can-eat service allowing users to browse songs and receive unlimited downloads for $20 a month. The offering compliments Telus' 7-month-old service that sells...

Worst of the Week: Two Turntables and a Microphone

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Hedgehogging

It was a fairly quiet week in the wireless world, but we still managed to share a few observations and kvetches-or as we like to say, here's what got us hedgehogging last week. Most carriers are still dancing around the potential problems that Slingmedia's...

SunCom taps Napster for full-track music downloads

SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. became the latest carrier to step onto the full-track download playground, teaming with digital music provider Napster L.L.C. to offer a relatively vast library of 2 million tunes. SunCom subscribers can download songs to both a PC and a mobile...

SunCom taps Napster for full-track music downloads

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. became the latest carrier to step onto the full-track download playground, teaming with digital music provider Napster L.L.C. to offer a relatively vast library of 2 million tunes. SunCom subscribers can download songs to both a PC and a...

Content vendor Dijji closes up shop, will liquidate assets

SEATTLE—Dijji Corp., formerly known as Dwango Wireless, is closing its doors, according to documents filed this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "It is in the best interests of the company, its creditors and stockholders that the company cease operations and commence...

Vendors turn up the volume at 3GSM

BARCELONA, Spain-As the 3GSM World Congress conference kicks off, music-related announcements from the industry are humming right along. Here are some of the highlights: Motorola Inc. announced a deal to use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media platform in a new series of music phones. The...

Alltel to sell Dijji’s Napster Ringtones

SEATTLE-Dijji Corp., the mobile media company formerly known as Dwango Wireless, announced its Napster Ringtones service is now available to Alltel Corp. subscribers. The service provides ringtones, MusicTones, voicetones and artist "shoutouts" from the Napster Ringtones library for between $2 and $3 each. Alltel...

Singing gospel of full-track downloads

LAS VEGAS-The much-hyped "year of mobile music" started off with a bang here at last week's 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show. But whether wireless consumers will sign on-and where mobile operators will fit in the value chain-is still very much in question. Verizon Wireless...

Music bundles make sense in mobile arena

If Amp'd Mobile Inc.'s bargain-basement full-track download music service was designed to get attention, it's working. The recently launched mobile virtual network operator made headlines a few weeks ago when it said it would match the price of Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes service, selling...

Dijji new moniker for Dwango

Dwango Wireless is hoping a change in name helps bring about a change in fortune. After losing $15 million so far this year, the content provider is rebranding this week as Dijji Corp. The move was necessitated by the company's separation agreement with Japanese...

Dijji new moniker for Dwango

Dwango Wireless is hoping a change in name helps bring about a change in fortune. After losing $15 million so far this year, the content provider is rebranding this week as Dijji Corp. The move was necessitated by the company's separation agreement with Japanese...

Content vendors post losses, discuss off-portal strategies

Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent from second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million, or...

Content vendors post losses, discuss off-portal strategies

NEW YORK-Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent over second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million,...

Carriers must tackle pricing to make money at music

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Operators looking to cash in on mobile music services must first establish a viable business model, according to a report from Pyramid Research. While the buzz surrounding wireless music grows deafening, carriers will have to fight hard to strike workable deals with publishers...

Mobile-content space hits choppy waters

The rising tide that is the mobile-content industry is hitting choppy waters for some publicly held content providers. Dwango Wireless is the latest company to get pummeled by the waves. The Seattle-based aggregator saw its shares plummet last week on news that it posted...

Ericsson, Napster plan music service

Telecommunications technology provider L.M. Ericsson will team with Napster to offer a digital music service to wireless carriers, the companies said Wednesday. The new offering, which will carry the Napster brand, will allow consumers to download full-track tunes to their handsets and PCs via...

Microsoft offers wireless content for Mobile devices

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. will provide daily downloadable video content including news, sports and entertainment programming for Windows Mobile-based devices, the company announced. MSN Video Downloads will deliver a subscription-based mobile TV service featuring content from channels including FOX Sports, MTV Networks, Napster Inc., Food...

Microsoft offers wireless content

Microsoft Corp. will provide daily downloadable video content including news, sports and entertainment programming for Windows Mobile-based devices, the company announced Wednesday.MSN Video Downloads will deliver a subscription-based mobile TV service featuring content from channels including FOX Sports, MTV Networks, Napster Inc., Food Network...

Dwango to gain music, comedy content from The Orchard

SEATTLE-Dwango Wireless will create and deliver master tones and polyphonic ringtones from the library of digital music and comedy distributor The Orchard, the companies announced Tuesday.Dwango, which currently offers 2,000 ringtones through Rolling Stone Ringtones, said the new licensing agreement includes access to more...

EMI, Sony BMG partner to address licensing issues

NEW YORK-Recording-industry giants EMI and Sony BMG have teamed to fight illegal music swapping with the announcement last week of an agreement to address licensing issues for music on mobile phones, PCs and other digital platforms. The partnership teams EMI Music Publishing, the world's...

Shazam offers music recognition service in London

LONDON-Shazam Entertainment announced a partnership with The Link that calls for Shazam's mobile music recognition service to be made available at 300 of The Link's High Street stores in the United Kingdom. The partnership marks the launch of Shazam's first subscription-based product, said the...

Shazam offers music recognition service in London

LONDON-Shazam Entertainment announced a partnership with The Link that calls for Shazam's mobile music recognition service to be made available at 300 of The Link's High Street stores in the United Kingdom.The partnership marks the launch of Shazam's first subscription-based product, said the company.Shoppers...