Dwango leveraged its expertise in the digital mobile entertainment space and deep distribution channels to establish Napstertones in the wireless arena. After the initial launch, Dwango and Napster expect that consumers of most major carriers will be able to access the Napstertones service during summer 2005. The service also has a planned rollout in Canada to Rogers Wireless and Fido this June.

In celebration of the new service, music fans will receive a free song download of their choice from Napster's million-plus catalog when they purchase their first ringtone from Napstertones within the next 30 days. Expanding its pioneering prepaid card program into the ringtone space, Napster will debut a Napstertones prepaid card by end of the summer.

Napstertones can be directly purchased from Napster at
napstertones.com, napster.com or from within Napster's digital music service.  Napstertones' content includes polyphonic ringtones, mastertones, voicetones of artist "shoutouts" and special graphics, each of which cost $1.99 to $2.99 and which are compatible with a wide variety of phones.