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RSS ringtonesRingtones rescue mobile ops' ARPU
Comment Times are hardly easy for these companies but using ringtones as a way to stem falling ARPU figures is about as difficult as shooting fish in a barrel. The operators are ecstatic - with some selling... [15 Jan 2003]
Mobile ringtones outstrip CD single sales
News Sales of ringtones are set to rise dramatically this year, and will soon outstrip those of CD singles, according to the Mobile Data Association (MDA). The rise is expected to be as much as 60 per cent, with £70m of... [12 Aug 2003]
Skype brings Warner ringtones to VoIP
News The maker of the popular VoIP application has done a deal with Warner Music to license all of the songs the record label releases as ringtones. Skype will sell the 30-second ringtones to customers for... [30 Jan 2006]
Kazaa launches ringtones service
News Popular peer-to-peer music download service Kazaa will now offer mobile phone ringtones through its site, it was announced yesterday. The ringtones will be available to users with GSM phones, as well as... [21 Nov 2003]
Ringtones chart to hit ITV
News Orange has struck a deal with ITV1 and the production company behind Big Brother, Endemol, to screen a music chart of mobile ringtones. The weekly show - to be called Orange Playlist - will be paid for in part by the... [23 Aug 2004]
Radioactive: Crazy Frog's legacy - it's boomtime for ringtones
Comment Fortunately for the music establishment, much of this slack has been taken up by the growth in legal music downloads and ringtones. But, asks Futurity Media's Anthony Plewes, will ringtones remain a... [16 Jan 2006]
Mickey Mouse company offers ringtones and video clips
News Disney has signed deals with three top UK mobile operators to sell its ringtones and video clips. Deals with Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange will give the entertainment company a Europe-wide coverage, and 75 per cent of UK... [16 Jun 2003]
Swapping chocolate for ringtones
News Ringtones come in second to text messaging in terms of youth spending, accounting for E2.3bn by 2006, with Japan, Korea, the US, Germany and the UK leading the way, in that order. The youth market is undoubtedly... [18 Mar 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Mobile ringtones, power blackouts and corporate governance
Comment Mobile phones, once the business tool of only yuppies, are now the most carried item of technology as a lifestyle accessory. They also provide a portable personal purchasing point, with a rapidly growing market for downloadable content... [01 Dec 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.02.08
Round-Up In a deafening cacophony of ringtones that could be heard from outer space (and underwater), handset vendors, mobile operators, developers and journalists descended on Barcelona for a state of the nation address this... [15 Feb 2008]
Coldplay single makes debut as ringtone
News Top bands are set to begin offering their latest singles as ringtones - even before they've been released. The aim is to draw attention to ringtones as a way to promote albums before their release. The... [13 Apr 2005]
Life is tweet for Nokia users
News Nokia mobile phone users can now celebrate the impending arrival of spring in some style by downloading a range of birdcall ringtones. The RSPB has worked with Mobile Avenue to produce the selection of... [22 Feb 2002]
Boring boring brrring brrring - here come ring-back tones
News A twist on downloadable ringtones looks set to bring in as much as $1.5bn for European mobile operators and record labels by the end of next year. Moreover, Netsize reckons record labels will benefit because unlike... [03 Feb 2004]
New Skype for Windows launched
News Skype has formally released the latest version of its voice over Internet Protocol service, which includes call forwarding and downloadable ringtones, pictures and sounds. Users can personalise the service by downloading... [29 Sep 2005]
Skype rings up tones for phones deal
News Skype, the free internet calling service owned by eBay, has struck deals with three major music publishers to distribute hundreds of thousands of songs as ringtones. Skype's new licence agreements allow the company to... [26 Apr 2006]
