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KDDI Announces EZ 'Chaku Uta Full' Downloads Exceed 200 Million
KDDI Corporation
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company
May 07, 2008
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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 200 million songs on May 3, 2008.
EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®', which allows users to download entire songs directly to their mobile phones, began in November 2004. Currently, there are 148 websites featuring over 1,200,000 songs, mainly J-Pop, that are compatible with EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®'. KDDI will actively continue to develop and enhance its music offerings in the future.
Steps leading up to the 200,000,000 download mark
November 19, 2004 |
Start of EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®' service |
January 05, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 1,000,000 |
February 05, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 2,000,000 |
March 01, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 3,000,000 |
March 17, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 4,000,000 |
April 03, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 5,000,000 |
June 15, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 10,000,000 |
September 28, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 20,000,000 |
December 28, 2005 |
Downloads exceed 30,000,000 |
May 20, 2006 |
Downloads exceed 50,000,000 |
February 15, 2007 |
Downloads exceed 100,000,000 |
October 02, 2007 |
Downloads exceed 150,000,000 |
May 03, 2008 |
Downloads exceed 200,000,000 |
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Paid downloads are about 90% among total 200 million downloads.
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'Chaku Uta®' and 'Chaku Uta Full®' are registered trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment.
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