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Napster Expands Its Music Subscription Service Across New DoCoMo Mobile Phones in Japan
(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) LOS ANGELES, CA, January 24 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Napster (NASDAQ: NAPS) announced today that
the company's mobile music subscription service is available to NTT DoCoMo
customers through nine new models of the mobile company's line of
music-enabled handsets, the FOMA?705i series. The Microsoft? Windows
Media?-branded handsets let DoCoMo customers seamlessly download music
directly to their handsets or download music and playlists from their PC to
their phones.
The Napster-compatible handsets in the FOMA?705i series from DoCoMo,
Japan's largest wireless carrier, boasts the latest features in mobile
listening technology. By integrating the user experience of Microsoft
Windows? Vista? with the latest-addition mobile phones, DoCoMo
customers can manage their music from wherever they are.
"Napster is pleased that more DoCoMo customers can access and enjoy our
award-winning mobile subscription service through the new DoCoMo handsets,"
said Brad Duea, president of Napster. "As we continue our relationship
with DoCoMo and expand our service to other carriers around the globe, we
look forward to bringing the Napster Mobile experience to music lovers
everywhere."
DoCoMo customers who use the new handsets will be able to utilize the same
convenient features currently in place for DoCoMo's Napster subscribers,
including integrated billing, subscriptions for ringtones, and unlimited
over-the-air downloads of full-length tracks.
Napster Mobile is live with nine carriers across Asia, the U.S., and Europe
-- DoCoMo, KDDI (Japan), AT&T/Cingular, Dobson, SunCom (U.S.), TMN
(Portugal), O2 (Ireland), Swisscom (Switzerland), and Claro (Puerto Rico).
In addition to DoCoMo's handset partners in Japan, the world's largest cell
phone manufacturers are also providing Napster compatible devices in the
U.S. and Europe including Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, LG, SonyEricsson,
HTC and Pantech.
About Napster
Napster, the pioneer of digital music, offers the ultimate in interactive
music experiences, creating better ways to discover, share, acquire and
enjoy music -- anytime, anywhere. The company's offerings include "Napster"
(www.Napster.com) -- the most popular, on-demand music subscription service
in the world; "Freenapster" (www.freenapster.com), a unique Web experience
offering free, on-demand music legally in the U.S.; and "Napster Mobile,"
one of the industry's fastest growing mobile music platforms, providing the
premier mobile music experience for customers in nine global markets.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Napster's services are available in markets
across North America, Europe and Japan.
Copyright ? 2008 Napster, LLC. All rights reserved. Napster, Napster
Mobile, Napster To Go and Napster Light are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Napster, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or
other countries. All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners.
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The Blueshirt Group, for Napster
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