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Articles tagged with: Ringback Tones
RealNetworks has announced that it is buying the mobile entertainment services group, WiderThan for approximately $350 million. WiderThan is a provider of ringback tones, music-on-demand and other mobile entertainment services to more than 50 wireless carriers in more than 25 countries including leading carriers such as SK Telecom in South Korea, Verizon Wireless in the USA, and Bharti Airtel in India. more
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Mobile Music Market to Shift From Ringtones to Full Track Downloads
Annual mobile music revenues will top US$14 billion worldwide by 2011 -- according to the latest report from Juniper Research -- with Asia Pacific expected to contribute 40% by this time, Europe 27%, North America 18% and Rest of the World 15%. more
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Nearly two years after the actual introduction of ringback tones by wireless carriers, the U.S. Patent Office has granted official patent status to patent filer Karl Seelig, CEO of Perceptive Impression, for ring back signal replacement. This final step-up from patent allowability affords Perceptive Impression full legal rights to a market projected to run close to US$3 billion in revenue over the next several years. more
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Mobile Music to Breakout Next Year
The convergence of digital music and mobile phones is likely to develop at a steady pace according to a new report published by The NPD Group. The report, which explores consumer demand for mobile music, is based on a survey of more than 8,200 teens and adults. It takes an in-depth look at subscriber interest, how they'd like to access tunes and just how much they're willing to pay for the privilege. more
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Vodafone Orders Ringback Tones for Greece
NMS Communications and LogicaCMG have announced yet another joint ringback commercial launch, as Vodafone Greece launched ringback tones. Vodafone Greece's ringback tone service is based on NMS's MyCaller personalized mobile entertainment platform. As with previous Vodafone operator company deployments, LogicaCMG is responsible for the implementation, integration and maintenance of the solution. more
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Ringback tones popular in Taiwan
More than 200,000 mobile phone subscribers in Taiwan signed up in the first three months to add commercial music ringback tone service to their mobile phone experience. With ChungHwa Telecom's new ringback tones service, subscribers choose from a wide selection of commercial music, voices, and sound recordings to replace the standard "ring, ring" connecting tone heard by people who call them. Subscribers have now topped 500,000, creating a substantial new high margin revenue source for ChungHwa. more
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Interactive Technology Holdings (ITHL) says that about 70% of Hong Kong mobile operators have now selected it's customizable PRBT solution that enables customers to have their own personalised dial tone when a person calls them. more
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