PACKETVIDEO MUSIC CLIENT POWERS VERSATILE MUSIC SERVICE FOR TELIASONERA FINLAND
SAN DIEGO, CA (June 25, 2009)—Subscribers within the Sonera mobile network now have access to Sonera Music Play, a flexible music service from PacketVideo (PV) that offers music subscriptions and music side-loading from a PC. TeliaSonera initially launched similar music services in Sweden and Norway in late 2008, and will work with PV to expand the offering to its additional regional brands over the next year.
The new music service includes a downloadable library of more than four million music tracks, which consumers can access in unlimited quantity for a single low monthly subscription fee. Once downloaded, subscribers can play the music files on up to three PCs and two mobile devices.
Sonera Music Play employs PV’s proven music solution, including client software for mobile devices and PCs that enables users to seamlessly synchronize music files between their PC, handset and other compatible CE devices without the need to change file formats or pay separate payload or delivery fees. Additionally, the service will be available on a broad number of Windows Mobile-, Symbian- and Java-based handsets, including smartphones and select feature phones.
“Already enjoyed by customers in Sweden and Norway, the TeliaSonera music service will now provide Finnish users with a simple and easy way to share and synchronize music across multiple devices regardless of file format,” said Neil Sharma, senior vice president of Strategic Initiatives, PV. “We look forward to working with TeliaSonera to further expand this innovative service to additional regions throughout 2009.”
PV’s solution enables TeliaSonera to customize both language and user interface appearance – or “skin” – to specific brands throughout the TeliaSonera network, providing a key benefit to the mobile operator. The service also incorporates PV’s proprietary SDC digital rights management system, which ensures media usage rights are maintained in a manner that is unobtrusive to users, while making file sharing and synchronization across multiple devices possible.
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About PV: Founded in 1998, PV is the software pioneer powering the world’s leading multimedia services on millions of home and mobile devices. PV is a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE).
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For further information:
PacketVideo Media Contacts:
Kate Garsson
Ruder Finn
+1 310 882 4010
garssonk@ruderfinn.com
Neil Sharma
PacketVideo
+1 770 751 5799
sharma@pv.com
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