AT&T today announced a partnership with Napster Mobile to search a music catalog with more than 5 million songs, preview samples of each song and conveniently purchase and download their favorite music from their phones.

Users will be able to download five tracks a month with the Napster Mobile Five-Track Pack option for a discounted price of $7.49 or purchase songs a la carte for just $1.99. Ideal for on-the-go music enthusiasts, Napster Mobile will also feature joint delivery, sending a track to the user's wireless handset while making a duplicate copy available for download to the user's PC at no additional charge.

With Napster Mobile via AT&T Mobile Music, customers will be able to:

- Discover Music. Browse from a catalog of more than 5 million songs, including content from all major labels, in a few easy steps and preview 30-second samples before purchasing.
- Listen to Music. Download full-track songs over the air and listen to the music that you want to hear in less than a minute.
- Manage Music. Receive copies of purchased tracks on both a wireless phone and a PC. Knowing that the PC is the hub for anaging music, AT&T makes it as simple and convenient as possible for customers to have the same music on their computers as they do on their phones.

In addition to Napster Mobile, AT&T is also announcing two new music applications: MobiVJ, a streaming video service, and VIP Access, a mobile fan club and discovery service.

With MobiVJ, customers will be able to stream MobiTV music video channels, from up to eight genres, directly to phones for only $6.99 a month. Additionally, users will be able to purchase full-track songs, matching ringtones and wallpaper from their favorite music videos. With VIP Access, customers will be able to search artist biographies and discographies, sample new music, participate in polls and receive breaking alerts via text messaging services for only $2.99 a month.

These services complement AT&T's existing Mobile Music experience. AT&T Mobile Music enables customers to choose how they want to discover and listen to music - whether via instantaneous downloading or via sideloading from popular music subscription services such as Napster and eMusic. Other AT&T Mobile Music offerings include satellite radio with XM Radio, a song-recognition service called MusicID and a vast ringtone library.

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