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Ringtone Pushers

Posted in Articles, IP Telephony, Mobile, Music | Posted on 12-28-2006 | 326 views

ONE TO WATCH: A first of it’s kind ringtone service called Ringjacker has been released in the latest version of Skype 3.0 from Emotive Communications (these guys pioneered music downloading and created the biggest ringtone company in North America)

So what does Ringjacker Do? Ringjacker allows Skype users to ring their contacts with a ringtone that they choose. The company is soon to announce new funding and plans to extend the services for online and mobile telephony users of VOIP, 3G and 4G worldwide.

Initially launching with a small catalog of music and sound effect tones, Emotive is in negotiations with the record companies to bring users music from their favorite artists in early 2007.