Free Ringtones: International and U.S.Find free ringtones for residents living both inside and outside the United States. Some of these offers are for international ringtones only. Free ringtone offers that are restricted by specific country are noted and offers will not be accepts from other countries. These free ringtones are updated often with new international listings posted regularly. NEW: Ringback Tones for Cell PhonesMore International Bonus Ringtone OffersMore Promo Offers! CA | DE | US | UK | InternationalBMI FORECASTS RINGTONE MARKET DOWN 8% IN 2007; RINGBACK TONE MARKET AND AUDIOVISUAL STREAMING UPLeading U.S. Performing Rights Organization Sees Market ChangesBroadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the leading U.S. performing right organization representing more than 6.5 million musical works from more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, today released its annual projection for U.S. ringtone sales and for the first time released a U.S. ringback tone market projection for 2007.BMI estimates that the 2007 music ringtone market will dip to $550 million (U.S.) in retail sales, down $50 million (U.S.) from calendar year 2006. BMI pegged the market at $600 million (U.S.) in calendar year 2006; $500 million (U.S.) in 2005; $245 million (U.S.) in 2004 and $68 million (U.S.) in 2003, respectively. BMI projects that ringbacks will generate approximately $65 million (U.S.) in retail content revenues in 2007. This is BMI s first market estimate of the long-awaited rollout of the ringback tone market. A ringback tone is a musical work that is performed to the caller when they place a call to a participating mobile subscriber. BMI s estimates are based on more than 520 million individual, detailed ringtone transactions analyzed by the organization over the past 12 consecutive quarters. BMI tracks census sales data on more than 325 outlets for the sale of mobile entertainment in the U.S. BMI FORECASTS RINGTONE MARKET DOWN 8% IN 2007; RINGBACK TONE MARKET AND AUDIOVISUAL STREAMING UP “As we forecasted last year, the ringtone market matured in 2006. The slowdown in ringtone growth, however, was partially offset by the first wave of promising U.S. growth in ringback tones,” said BMI Vice President of New Media and Strategic Development, Richard Conlon. “We believe that the ringtone market’s growth has leveled off and the novelty phase has ended. We envision increased revenue opportunity in the streaming sectors of the mobile entertainment market, ranging from ringtones to audiovisual cellular phone TV-style offerings.” BMI is an American performing right organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and publishers in all genres of music. With a repertoire of more than 6.5 million musical works from around the world, operates on a non-profit-making basis, collecting license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents. NEW YORK, March 27, 2007Cell Phones: Use New or Existing Brands?More than Half of U.S. Adult Cell Phone Users Have No Preference; Almost two-thirds believe that more choice will lead to product innovationToday, consumers typically sign up for cellular service and select a phone made by a cell phone manufacturer. But soon, service providers may start offering their own brand of cell phone. Would consumers select these phones, or want to stay with the brands they know? The latest survey of cell phone users (1) by Harris Interactive(R) shows that a slight majority (54%) of U.S. adult cell phone users say they have no preference for an existing brand or a new one offered by their service provider, while the rest differ in opinion between interest in a new brand (27%) and an existing brand (19%). Choice is goodAbout two-thirds (64%) of U.S. adult cell phone users agree that more competition among cell phone manufacturers will lead to product innovation and 40 percent believe it will ensure more choices in the marketplace. Other benefits of having cell phones and service from the same company could be increased compatibility between the handsets and the networks, according to about half (48%) of adult cell phone users, as well as overall lower plan costs (32%). Not all consumers on boardThere is some skepticism about cellular service providers offering their own brand of phones, and approximately one-third (29%) think this actually may result in decreased competition and higher prices in the long run. Similar numbers (30%) agree that smaller wireless service providers who cannot manufacture their own phones will go out of business, and another one in five (21%) feels that wireless service providers lack the design skills to build quality handsets. TABLE 1
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