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KDDI Announces EZ 'Chaku Uta Full' Downloads Exceed 100 Million

KDDI Corporation
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company

2007/02/21

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 100,000,000 [1] songs on February 15, 2006.

EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®', which allows users to download entire songs directly to their mobile phones, began in November 2004. Currently, there are 105 websites featuring over 400,000 songs, mainly J-Pop, that are compatible with EZ 'Chaku Uta Full®'. The LISMO Music Store initially featured 40,000 songs. KDDI will actively continue to develop and enhance its music offerings in the future.

Steps leading up to the 100,000,000 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
15 February 2007
Downloads exceed 100,000,000

[1]  Paid downloads are about 90% among total 100 million downloads.

* 'Chaku Uta®' and 'Chaku Uta Full®' are registered trademarks of Sony Music Entertainment.
* 'Chaku Uta®' downloads exceeded 400 million at the end of January in 2007.

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