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ringtones market have long held little
sway. In fact, the roaring success
continues, as can be seen from some
very interesting figures emerging from
the Asia market.
For example Japan, which can be
considered one of the most mature
mobile markets had 2 billion
polyphonic ring tone downloads in
2004. 2 billion! Or as one music site
attests, 22 polyphonic ringtone
downloads per mobile subscriber in the
country.
The figures are given by Ringtonia as
a pointer to the way things will move in
other markets across the world. If that
is to happen, the one to watch is Korea
which already boasts a $3 billion music
download industry (full tracks plus
ringtones) and predictions of sales of
10 million mobile handsets that are
music-capable there, this year alone.
