Telia Launches New Music Service for Mobile Phones

Telia has announced recently the launch of its subscription service in Sweden for downloading music to computers and mobile phones.

For a fee of almost USD 13, customers can download a new digital album each month with the 12 latest hits from Absolute Music, or with ten songs of their choice.

It seems that in just one year, Telia's music portal has grown to become one of the biggest in Sweden for music downloads. With more than 1.5 million songs in the Source music store, Telia can offer customers everything from classical music to the latest hits.

In the new music subscription service, customers pay a fixed monthly fee to download the latest album with 12 new hits from Absolute Music Download, or they can choose ten songs from the music store and on Telia's SurfPort mobile portal. The songs can be downloaded to a mobile phone or a computer.

"The mobile phone has become the music machine of our age. By offering this new subscription service, our customers can have constant access to their favourite music on their mobile phone. We're pleased that we can collaborate with one of Sweden's strongest music brands," said Hakan Dahlstrom, head of Mobile Services in Sweden for TeliaSonera.

The cooperation between Telia and Absolute Records is unique and the first of its type in Sweden. Telia's subscription service differs from similar music services on the market because it lets customers keep their downloaded music files even if they should choose to cancel their subscription later.

The music subscription service is connected to the secure storage service offered by Telia and the fixed monthly fee includes 500 MB of storage space where customers can save their downloaded songs. Storage capacity can be increased if customers need it. If a customer should lose his or her mobile, or have computer problems, the songs will always be securely stored.