Napster Offering Mobile Music Downloads in Chile

Online music retailer, Napster and Ericsson has jointly launched the Napster Mobile music service with leading Chilean operator Entel PCS to provide the Napster Mobile music service in Latin America for the first time.

Napster Mobile is based on Ericsson's service delivery platform and will enable Entel PCS's subscribers to search, browse, preview and purchase content on their wireless handsets via i-shop, the Entel PCS Mobile Portal. The service features Napster's catalog of more than four million songs and mastertones, and offers a dual-delivery option for simultaneous downloads to subscribers' mobile phones and PCs.

"We are excited to add Latin America to our global footprint, which also includes the North American, Japanese and European markets," said Brad Duea, President of Napster. "Through our partnership with Ericsson, we look forward to offering a superior mobile music experience to Entel PCS customers."

Under the agreement, Ericsson has end-to-end responsibility for systems integration, management of the day-to-day operations and development of the service. The agreement also includes content and digital rights management, enabling the operator to launch the service easily and cost efficiently.

A similar deal was announced in Italy last month with TIM.

Posted to the site on 4th February 2008