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EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®' Downloads Exceed 50 Million
KDDI Corporation
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company
2006/05/24
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KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to announce that total downloads of EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®' to au mobile phones and PCs (via the LISMO Music Store) exceeded 50,000,000 songs on May 20, 2006.
EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®', which allows users to download entire songs directly to their mobile phones, began in November 2004. The LISMO Music Store opened on May 17 of this year, bringing EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®' service to PCs.
Currently, there are 80 websites featuring over 150,000 songs, mainly J-Pop, that are compatible with EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®'. The LISMO Music Store initially featured 20,000 songs; going forward, KDDI plans to continually expand both the number of songs and the number of compatible websites.
Steps leading up to the 50,000,000 download mark
19 November 2004 |
Start of EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®' service |
5 January 2005 |
Downloads exceed 1,000,000 |
5 February 2005 |
Downloads exceed 2,000,000 |
1 March 2005 |
Downloads exceed 3,000,000 |
17 March 2005 |
Downloads exceed 4,000,000 |
3 April 2005 |
Downloads exceed 5,000,000 |
15 June 2005 |
Downloads exceed 10,000,000 |
28 September 2005 |
Downloads exceed 20,000,000 |
28 December 2005 |
Downloads exceed 30,000,000 |
20 May 2006 |
Downloads exceed 50,000,000 |
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'Chaku Uta Full®' is a registered trademark of Sony Music Entertainment.
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