AT&T Mobile Music Hits the Airwaves With eMusic Mobile

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(Huge music library, monthly subscription required for purchase, data plan recommended, available on select mobile handsets)

Over-the-Air Music Download Service Gives Customers More Mobile Music Choice

AN ANTONIO, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - News) has announced the launch of an over-the-air music download service with eMusic, the world's largest retailer of independent music. The eMusic over-the-air (OTA) service will give AT&T's customers the ability to preview and purchase music via their wireless devices from a catalog of 2.7 million songs...

Songs purchased from eMusic Mobile are immediately sent to the user's wireless handset, and a duplicate copy is available for download to the user's PC at no charge. AT&T customers can subscribe to download five tracks a month for $7.49, and additional packages of five songs are available for the same price whenever desired...

Customers can access the eMusic wireless site in just three clicks from compatible handsets and do not have to subscribe to the service to preview songs, though AT&T strongly recommends an unlimited data plan before previewing tracks...

Users of the Samsung a717, a727, new versions of the popular Samsung SYNC and the Nokia N75 will be able to access the eMusic wireless store.

About eMusic
eMusic is the world's leading digital retailer of independent music, second only to iTunes in number of downloads sold. The eMusic Web site offers a global catalogue of more than 2.7 million tracks from established and emerging artists in every genre from the world's leading independent labels. Created by music experts for music fans, it features award-winning editorial content, a vibrant online community and unrivaled music discovery tools. A subscription-based service that offers 25 free downloads at sign-up, eMusic gives consumers an inexpensive, low-risk way to explore great new music they wouldn't find otherwise, and unlike other download services, its universally compatible MP3 files play on any device including the iPod®. Based in New York with an office in London, eMusic.com Inc. is wholly owned by Dimensional Associates, Inc., the private equity arm of JDS Capital Management, Inc.