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Amazon starts new music streaming service from USD 3.99/mth

2016-10-12 10:27:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Amazon.com has launched its Amazon Music Unlimited music streaming services, with prices from USD 3.99 per month for owners of its Amazon Echo speaker, and a promotional 30-day free trial. Subscriptions cost USD 7.99 per month for members of Amazon's Prime shipping and video service and USD 9.99 per month for non-members. The service gives access to a catalogue of millions of songs on demand. Users can use the Echo smart speaker to verbally ask for single songs using title or lyrics, for playlists by theme or for music genre. The Echo smart speaker, released last year, responds to voice commands.

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T-Mobile Netherlands starts zero-rated music streaming offer

2016-10-10 14:49:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) T-Mobile Netherlands is taking a page out of its American sister company's strategy and introudicing zero-rated music streaming for customers who take a plan with 6 GB of data or more per month. T-Mobile said at a press conference in Amsterdam that most customers are streaming music only over Wi-Fi. With the zero-rated data offer ('Datavrije Muziek'), the operator expects a 40 percent increase in streaming usage. Martin Knauer, commercial director at T-Mobile NL, said that consumers are stuck in a "mental bundle cage", while the mobile network offers them enough capacity to take advantage of more digital content and build a "digital lifestyle".

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