December 9, 2004

T-Mobile Kicks Off Nationwide Ringback Service

T-Mobile USA is getting into the ringback tone fray with the introduction of CallerTunes, a service powered by Ztango. T-Mobile claims to be the first U.S. carrier to launch a ringback service nationwide. [via Wireless Week]

"In November, Verizon Wireless unveiled its Ringback Tones service, but the service is only available in its Southern California market at this time. With the help of Warner Music Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Verizon Wireless is offering a catalog of more than 2,200 songs.

In October, Lucent Technologies introduced its MiRingBack application, which enables subscribers to create caller profiles and enables them to assign different tones to different callers. The first operator is use it is Telecom New Zealand.

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