KDDI's EZ "Chaku-Uta®" Breaks Three Hundred Million Downloads
KDDI Corporation
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company
2006/01/25
KDDI and Okinawa Cellular, providers the EZ "Chaku-Uta®" service for mobile phones, have announced that the service achieved the three hundred million song download plateau on January 23, 2006.
EZ "Chaku-Uta®" is a service which allows artists' songs to be downloaded directly to a mobile phone for use as a ring tone. au surpassed competitors by starting the service in December 2002, made possible using the high-speed communication capabilities of its 3rd generation mobile infrastructure.
"Chaku-Uta®" is available with au cellular phones that currently on sale.
2002/12/05
Launched EZ" chaku-Uta ®" Service
2004/07/05
Exceeds 100 million downloads
2005/04/12
Exceeds 200 million downloads
2006/01/23
Exceeds 300 million downloads
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"Chaku-Uta®" is a registered trademark of Sony Music Entertainment