Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Napster (NASDAQ: NAPS) together with Italy’s leading operator, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), offer Napster Mobile, a music service co-developed by Ericsson and Napster. Moreover, this week another Napster deal has signed with the leading Chilean operator Entel PCS to launch the first Napster Mobile service in Latin America.Ericsson will have end-to-end responsibility for systems integration, management of the day-to-day operations and development of the service, which features Napster’s catalog of more than three million songs. The agreement also includes content and digital rights management, enabling the operator to launch the service easily and cost efficiently. Napster Mobile is based on Ericsson’s service delivery platform and will enable TIM’s and Entel Mobile and PCS’s subscribers to search, browse, preview and purchase content via Napster shop wireless handsets. The service offers a dual-delivery option for simultaneous downloads to subscribers’ mobile phones and PCs.
TIM official press release: http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/releases/20080128-1185659.shtml
Entel official press release: http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/releases/20080204-1187769.shtml
Tags: dual delivery, ericsson, mobile, music service, napster
