November 16, 2004
Verizon Wireless To Begin Offering Ringback Tones
Verizon Wireless announced today it is the first national carrier to offer Ringback Tones -- short clips of real music that replace the standard ring callers hear when they call the Verizon Wireless phone of a Ringback Tone subscriber.
Customers can browse from an initial catalog of more than 2,200 songs in 13 different music genres.
To get Ringback Tones, customers can go to the Ringback Tones Web site. On the Web, customers can register, browse the categories and preview ringback tones before they buy. Customers can also sign up to receive a TXT alert whenever selected artists release new ringback tones by visiting the My Alerts section of the site and selecting TXT notifications.
Ringback Tones are available to Verizon Wireless customers in Sacramento and Southern California markets beginning today for a monthly fee of $0.99 per month. Each ringback tone purchased is $1.99, which provides unlimited use for one year. Both the monthly fee and cost for each tone appear on the customer's monthly bill.
Just for the record Preferred Voice and First Cellular of First Cellular of Southern Illinois were the first to announce the launch of a personalized ringbacks service last October, called Xtreme Ring for First Cellular's subscribers in the mid-west.
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