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Cingular Launches Mobile Music Subscription Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2006 - 2:07pm.
Atlanta - Wireless network operator Cingular on Thursday launched Cingular Music, a new mobile music service that will include subscription-based offerings from Napster, XM Satellite Radio, Yahoo Music and eMusic.

The service, which was first reported in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, will allow users to transfer WMA tracks from Napster ($14.95 per month) and Yahoo Music ($11.99+), as well as unprotected MP3s from eMusic ($9.99+), to their phones from their PCs via a USB connection. Cingular also partnered with XM Satellite Radio, and will make 25 XM channels available for streaming to Cingular phones for $8.99 per month.

The XM service will include data that identifies song title, artist and album. Cingular also on Thursday debuted the Cingular SYNC phone from Samsung, which features an MP3 player and one-touch music key that connects with Cingular Music. The phone features a microSD memory card slot, and will be available for $49 with a two-year contract and $100 rebate.

Cingular Music's partnerships with existing subscription-based services differentiate the offering from competitors such as Sprint, which mainly sells over-the-air downloads directly to mobile phones.

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