Times Of Swaziland: MTN to bring back music downloads 

MTN to bring back music downloads
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ZWELI DLAMINI on 23/02/2012 00:00:00


MBABANE – MTN Swaziland is currently working on bringing the music downloading
product back to the country.
This was confirmed by Swaziland MTN Corporate Affairs Manager Mpumelelo Makhubu
who said the public can expect a better experience which will allow locals to
download content including music and wallpapers on their mobile phones. Makhubu
said the company could not confirm the set date of when the facility would
resume operating but a press release would be issued out soon.
In recent media reports a South African based company called Wirel Connect
invited local artists to send in their music which would then be promoted
through the music and wallpaper downloading product in South Africa. Among other
local acts that signed a contract for their music to be promoted by Wirel
Connect were Blaque Creations’ hip hop artist Diba Diba who signed up last
year.
Digital
As the music industry goes digital and most customers in the entertainment
sector follow the ‘buy what you want’ idea, hardcopy album sales have
dropped drastically worldwide.
The local music industry has had a hard time with CD sales for years now but as
the internet takes over most of the industry, Swaziland is also starting to
suffer even more.
The most successful acts as far as sales are concerned have always been gospel
artists as well as local afro-soul artist Bholoja.
"The product has not been working for a while now but as the music industry in
the country grows we will re-introduce the downloading package at a date yet to
be confirmed," added Makhubu.
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Comments
I think MTN must outsource such services. They must remain a service provider.
Honestly they are failing to maintain what they are providing us now. How can
they maintain downloads if they can't maintain their Data speeds!
Feb 23, 2012, 8:16 AM, SABHUZA (sabelo.mlambo1@gmail.com)