Tech Shout!

Siemens has signed an agreement with T-Mobile International for its music technology for mobile handsets. Through this agreement, Siemens Music2You will become the chosen solution for all T-Mobile units throughout the globe.

The Music2You technology serves as the podium for T-Mobile Germany’s online music service Mobile Jukebox, which is considered to be the first combined wireless/wireline solution for downloading music to mobile handsets as well as computers.

Music2you initially allows the titles to be previewed and then the titles can be purchased and downloaded full length over the mobile network. The purchased tracks can be downloaded too at home via a PC and then be burned to a CD or probably be played on any customary WMA/MP3 player. The minimum requirement for mobile music downloads is an end-user device that features an AAC+ player and sufficient memory. Apart from that the device also needs to support the Digital Rights Management (DRM) standard, which secures music files against unauthorized copying.

T-Mobile’s Mobile Jukebox offers music downloads over both wireless and wireline networks. The choice of the music collections comprises of hundreds of thousands of titles from a variety of major labels. The cost of the downloads is charged to the user’s wireless telephony bill.

Giulio Panzera, the Music2You Project Leader at Siemens Switzerland said, “Music downloads are one of the most interesting applications for GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA networks, as they allow full the necessary download speeds. The market for digital music is going to expand and the requirements placed upon the mobile networks will continue to rise. We are proud that T-Mobile, one of the world’s leading mobile communication providers, has chosen to partner with us in implementing its music download service.

Music2You (M2Y) offers a controlled, secured delivery of chargeable content. It helps service providers to easily set up a download service over the Internet or a mobile communication network. It provides customers with legal access to music and other content, and opens up new sources of income to the providers. Music2You handles music downloads over wireless networks aswell as over the internet too. It enables users to download music tracks in high quality and does not require any specific codec. The service supports a broad portfolio of mobile devices.