Omnifone goes live with MusicStation service

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 24th 2007 at 8:36AM

Following through on a promise to launch ahead of the iPhone juggernaut, Britain's Omnifone has officially gone live with its MusicStation all-you-can-eat mobile music service. The first rollout is on Sweden's Telenor, offering up unlimited downloads for a "small weekly fee" -- and what's more, data fees are built into the fee which should help alleviate the paranoia of bankruptcy-causing overages from creeping onto subscribers' bills. The service smacks of existing subscription music services; subscribers can download and listen to tracks 'til they're blue in the face, and they simply stop working if service is canceled. The key difference, of course, is that this is the first such service to squarely target phones. Following the Telenor launch, Omnifone looks to go live with a number of other European and Asian operators, though they've got no plans to crack the tough US nut for the time being.

[Thanks, Clemens M.]

Filed under: Multimedia, Software

Tags: music, musicstation, omnifone, sweden, telenor

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Amy @ Jun 24th 2007 11:20AM

Hmmm...if music downloads stop working if the service is canceled, there is no reason for me to switch from Didiom to Omnifone.

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Rob @ Jun 24th 2007 11:28AM

Right Amy! I'm also a big fan of Didiom. Free brilliant app, free service and I never lose my music downloads!

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Graham @ Jun 25th 2007 2:03AM

Not actually the first wireless all-you-can-eat music service actually, I know South Korea has had this service for a while. Japan rolled it out earlier this year too (uta hodai).

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Graham @ Jun 25th 2007 2:03AM

Not the first wireless all-you-can-eat music service actually, I know South Korea has had this service for a while. Japan rolled it out earlier this year too (uta hodai).

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