Kirkland, WA , Feb. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unified Signal, Inc. (OTCQB: UNSI), a leading billing and back-office enabler who has developed a cloud / SaaS based enterprise level billing solution enabling companies to launch their own brand of wireless and mobile wallet services, announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Napster to launch a turnkey music service. The product will enable Unified Clients to launch their own private label music streaming service powered by Napster with over 30 million music tracks, including the ability to add unique and proprietary audio and video content and customized playlists.
Over the last 3 years, paid music streaming subscriptions have grown to over 130M and have become mainstream, allowing on-demand access to virtually all the music professionally recorded. With the Napster service app on your mobile phone, consumers can easily find the music they are looking for, including the newest releases, and can easily discover more artists. The power of streaming music is now at a customer’s fingertips.
Unified Signal is integrating the Powered by Napster platform into its proprietary cloud based billing platform, allowing Unified Signal client’s customers to quickly and securely subscribe to music streaming services as well as handle all the monthly billing and care. Unified Signal’s partnership with Napster allows its clients to bundle yet another service to its core wireless offering. Now Unified Signal’s client’s customers will be able to bundle music with wireless, home telephone, and its private label mobile wallet / debit card enablement services. This announcement comes on the heels of Unified Signal launching Hip Hop legend Kurtis Blow’s Hip Hop Global Mobile, whose strategy is to bundle wireless with their own private label music streaming service.
Paris Holt, CEO of Unified Signal commented, “We believe that value added services such as music streaming when bundled with core life centric services such as wireless, adds tremendous value and differentiation to our client’s product portfolio."
Bill Patrizio, CEO of Napster commented, “We are very pleased to partner with Unified Signal and support the launch of a compelling music streaming service for their mobile carrier clients. Napster has a long and successful history with the telecom industry by delivering branded and co-branded music streaming subscription services to mobile subscribers around the world. This new partnership with Unified Signal represents an important step in the execution of our ‘Powered by Napster’ strategy for mobile carriers in the U.S."
About Unified Signal ™
Unified Signal is a leading systems supplier of cloud-based enterprise level SaaS (software as a service) billing enablement solutions, enabling companies in virtually any industry sector to resell cellular service, home telephone service, IoT, mobile wallet, debit card, and now music streaming enablement. Unified Signal’s turnkey platform allows its clients to sell, provision, fulfill, bill, and care for virtually any type of product and service and all bundled on one ubiquitous platform. The Unified Signal solution can be deployed quickly and cost efficiently and all private label to its client’s brand. www.unifiedsignal.com
About Napster
Napster is a leading subscription streaming music service and a major provider of music streaming technologies and services for businesses. Operating in 34 countries, Napster’s proven technologies and unmatched music catalog also power streaming music services for some of the world’s most recognized and respected consumer services companies. The Napster premium subscription service gives millions of subscribers unlimited ad-free access to the music they love anywhere, anytime and on any device - online or offline. Napster combines the iconic history of one of the most recognizable music brands in the world with the vast experience and technological platform of Rhapsody International Inc., the industry’s first subscription streaming service provider. Napster is headquartered in Seattle, with offices across the U.S., Europe and Latin America, and its respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Rhapsody International Inc. Follow @Napster on Twitter and Facebook and learn more at www.napster.com.
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