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Aliant offers Full Track Music Downloads powered by Groove Mobile on exclusive multimedia phone
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| Posted by: ITNovaScotia Admin |
Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Aliant offers Full Track Music Downloads powered by Groove Mobile on exclusive multimedia phone
Now available on the fastest high-speed wireless network in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada - Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading information and communications technology provider, today launched Full Track Music Downloads, powered by Groove Mobile and available on the first in a new generation of multimedia phones, the Samsung A920, providing customers with the ability to download and listen to music anytime.
"In collaborating with the world's leading mobile music service, Groove Mobile, we are able to offer our customers the ultimate multimedia experience over the fastest high-speed wireless network in Atlantic Canada," said Paul Pothier, Director, Wireless Business Marketing, Aliant. "It's the next step in providing our customers with the convenient and innovative wireless services they are looking for."
With Full Track Music Downloads, customers can discover, download and listen to music anytime right on their cell phone. Customers will have access to nearly 300,000 songs in almost any genre. Each track costs $3 per download (plus applicable Mobile Browser charges) which includes the ability to download and listen to the same track on a personal computer.
The features of the Samsung A920 include:
- a Mobile Music Store embedded in the phone
- stereo speakers
- internal and external controls
- access to enhanced picture and video messaging, Bluetooth and a video player
- memory expansion slot to ensure adequate storage
Full Track Music Downloads and other multimedia services are available in 1x and High Speed Wireless coverage areas throughout Canada.
"Aliant's commitment to innovation through its mobile music offerings on the next generation of handsets gives today's customers the best in music entertainment and technology," said Adam Sexton, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management for Groove Mobile. "Music direct to mobile handsets is how people around the globe are listening to music today."
In addition to providing innovative wireless services and devices, Aliant continues to provide customers with the most extensive, reliable digital network in Atlantic Canada. To date, Aliant has invested approximately $348 million to expand and enhance their digital wireless network, and related services, and today provides approximately 90 per cent of the population of Atlantic Canada with wireless coverage.
About Aliant
Aliant serves customers across Atlantic Canada with innovative and traditional communications services, including local and long distance telephony, wireless, Internet, e-commerce, interactive multimedia, data and managed network services. In addition to serving residential, small-to-medium sized business and enterprise customers in its home market, Aliant also serves business customers located in other parts of North America. Aliant complements its industry-leading telecommunications business with strengths in information technology solutions and knowledge-services applications. Aliant's approximately 8,400 employees build on its 100-plus year history by collaborating to deliver the highest quality of customer service, choice and convenience. Aliant has a market capitalization of approximately $4.5 billion.
On March 7, 2006 Aliant and BCE Inc. announced the creation of a new income trust. The companies will combine Aliant's wireline telecommunications operations in Atlantic Canada, information technology operations and other operations with Bell Canada's wireline telecommunications operations in its regional territories in Ontario and Quebec, and Bell Canada's 63.4 per cent interest in the Bell Nordiq Income Fund to form the Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund. The new trust, which will have 3.4 million local access lines and over 400,000 high-speed Internet subscribers in six provinces, will be headquartered in Atlantic Canada with regional offices in Ontario and Québec. The transaction, which has received shareholder approval, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2006, subject to court and regulatory approvals and certain other closing conditions.
About Groove Mobile
Groove Mobile is the world's leading mobile music service. Groove Mobile's Complete Music Gateway includes Full Track Mobile Downloads, Peer-to-Peer Sharing and Personalized Music Recommendations, in addition to providing Personalized and Programmed Streaming Radio, Music Subscriptions, and more. Groove Mobile powers the #1 rated mobile music service in the UK, Orange's Music Player, and the first mobile music service in the US, Sprint Music Store. Groove Mobile launched the world's first secure peer-to-peer distribution in the mobile space, with its pioneering TELL-A-FRIEND feature. Groove Mobile's direct download service is available in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific and provides access to music from EMI, Warner Music International, V2, Beggars Group, Digital Rights Management and The Orchard libraries. www.groovemobile.com.
For more information, please contact:
Isabelle Robinson
Aliant Communications & Public Affairs
(866) 694-6762
isabelle.robinson@aliant.ca
Bennet Ratcliff
Ratcliff Strategies for Groove Mobile
(310) 261-0408
bennet@ratcliffstrategies.com
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