News
Issue #2002 - 07 (February 2002)
(Updated Feb. 20, 2002)

DEVICES & DEVICE OSes

RealNetworks Becomes Mobile and Comes to Smart Phones 

Real Networks Inc., maker of the popular software for playing Internet audio and video, says that it will begin selling a distribution program to be used with smart phones. The product is called RealSystem Mobile.

RealSystem Mobile will allow wireless carriers to sell the ability to play music, news, sports and video on smart phones.

"This will be a significant business for us", said Ian Freed, General Manager of Seattle-based RealNetworks' Mobile products and services group. It also wants to increase sale of its Internet-based programming subscriptions for music and news, entertainment and sports. Most carriers are expected to resell RealNetworks' services through their portals.

For more information: http://www.realnetworks.com

Mobileinfo Comments & Advisory: We think that this will sell only if the pricing formula is not tied or related to voice-based displacement of carriers capacity. This will happen only when the cellular voice-based market gets saturated.

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