There has always been a strong relationship between music and technology and music has always been impacted by technology. Technology aided the evolution of new musical instruments and the way music is created, distributed and consumed.

Mobile Music is set to be one of the biggest revenue generators for mobile operators. The market has been driven by user demand for portable music, personalised and controlled via the mobile phone. With MP3 technologies and the fixed internet enabling users to download music content from the web, the demand has moved to mobile devices.

Companies like Samsung, Apple and Sony have created devices with MP3 capabilities and many operators are offering music services to their

customers. In addition to ringtones, users can access music news, listen to radio and music clips to tempt people to buy the CD or eventually download tracks to the device.

Recording artists are also beginning to see the mobile device as an additional distribution medium and we can see record companies start
to work with operators and content providers and aggregators.

Handsets will continue to evolve with faster speeds and
greater functionality that will promote an increase in
music applications. Streaming audio and over the
air MP3 downloads are commonplace in many
high-end handsets.