A competitor to Apple's well-known iTtunes service has emerged in the UK, with news that Ericsson has tied up with Napster to offer the latter's extensive music repertoire to its customers on the O2 network.
Ericsson has announced that it had won an order to host Napster Mobile's service with Telefonica unit O2 UK, which is the leading wireless service provider in the country with an excess of 18 million subscribers.
Under the hosting agreement, Ericsson's responsibilities include systems integration, operations, maintenance and content management of the Napster Mobile service for O2 UK. This marks Napster's second foray across the Atlantic to foreign shores, after the launch of the service on the O2 network in Ireland two years earlier.
Napster Mobile is a premium music service jointly developed by Napster and Ericsson to deliver a gamut of services to the musically inclined mobile phone user.
Using this service on the O2 network, Ericsson customers with compatible handsets will be able to search, browse, preview, purchase and play full-length tracks from Napster's massive database of more than 5 million songs.
*www.domain-b.com/industry/telecom/20080315_iTunes.html
Hope asia is on their radar soon..
Ericsson has announced that it had won an order to host Napster Mobile's service with Telefonica unit O2 UK, which is the leading wireless service provider in the country with an excess of 18 million subscribers.
Under the hosting agreement, Ericsson's responsibilities include systems integration, operations, maintenance and content management of the Napster Mobile service for O2 UK. This marks Napster's second foray across the Atlantic to foreign shores, after the launch of the service on the O2 network in Ireland two years earlier.
Napster Mobile is a premium music service jointly developed by Napster and Ericsson to deliver a gamut of services to the musically inclined mobile phone user.
Using this service on the O2 network, Ericsson customers with compatible handsets will be able to search, browse, preview, purchase and play full-length tracks from Napster's massive database of more than 5 million songs.
*www.domain-b.com/industry/telecom/20080315_iTunes.html
Hope asia is on their radar soon..
