While the kddi figures are very impressive, comparing them to itunes is
a little difficult. firstly, their service was us only to start with.
secondly it was mac only and thirdly, the itunes services defined the
music download model. those that follow stand upon the shoulders if itunes
Gerhard Fasol wrote:
>Arjen van Blokland wrote:
> > Hello Gerhard,
> >
> > Thanks for the freebie!
> >
> > As KDDI data are for Japan only, what do the iTunes data represent?
> > World-wide downloads?
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>Arjen: all these data are just from the Press releases
>of these companies. Someone said that there are more
>Chaku-Uta downloads than iTunes, so I checked it out.
>I guess that Apple's press announcements are probably
>the global numbers.
>
> > Would be interesting to have download data on true-tone
> > (real-tone) downloads outside Japan to make a full comparison.
> > Anybody having recent info on this?
>
>We have information on the global markets in terms of value (US$),
>not in terms of downloads in our mobile music report:
>http://www.eurotechnology.com/store/momj/
>
>Looks like Japan is again pretty in advance over the rest
>of the world, where polyphonic ringtones are still dominating.
>
>Gerhard
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