KDDI Corporation
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company
May 7, 2008
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 |
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| 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 |
