One from CMU's Tokyo desk now. Japanese mobile company KDDI has just sold its 10 millionth full-song mobile download - which is quite an achievement given the service only launched last Nov. Mobile downloads are a real hit in Japan, where the whole media on your mobile thing is way ahead of anything over here or in the US. KDDI report they are now selling over two million mobile downloads ever month. European mobile firms, who still see music as a major income stream of the future (and you thought they were sponsoring all those festivals because they were lovely people) will be hoping a similar trend begins over here very soon.
Jun 21, 2005
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Japanese mobile music service passes 10 million download mark
Japanese mobile operator KDDI has sold its 10 millionth full-song mobile download, with over two million sold monthly since the service launched last November.