Mobile music download service launches ahead of Apple iPhone

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — British telecoms company Omnifone on Thursday launched MusicStation, a new music download service for mobile phone users in Sweden, beating Apple's iPhone to the global marketplace by two weeks.

The MusicStation service, which works on about 80 percent of new mobile phones, will be rolled out across Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa in the coming weeks, Omnifone said in a statement.

From Thursday, Swedish mobile customers of Norwegian group Telenor can now enjoy unlimited downloads for a weekly fee of 25 Swedish kronor (2.99 euros, 3.98 dollars).

"We have actually beaten iPhone to the market by two weeks on a global level," an Omnifone spokesman told AFP.

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