(18 February 2008 3:25 pm)

MUMBAI: Motorola, Inc, which is known around the world for innovation in communications, has successfully completed its acquisition of Soundbuzz Pte Ltd, a pan-Asian music provider.

Following this acquisition, Motorola will be able to extend its successful Greater China music platform, MotoMusic, to India and Southeast Asia.

MotoMusic has made its presence felt in 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and holds licences with Sony BMG, EMI, Warner Music International and Universal Music Group. Now with over 45 independent record labels from around the world, the acquisition of Soundbuzz establishes MotoMusic as the leading music platform in the Asia-Pacific region.

"With the resources of Motorola, we are now able to immediately expand the digital music offerings available to our customers along with Motorola's rapidly growing installed base of handsets throughout the region," said Soundbuzz CEO Sudhanshu Sarronwala.

"Clearly, this marks a major milestone, as it positions Soundbuzz and Motorola to better participate in the ongoing growth in Asia's booming mobile music download market."


"Music is the heart and soul of the mobile entertainment experience, and with Soundbuzz as a part of our family, Motorola has the biggest heart and the most soul in mobile music in Asia," said Motorola Asia-Pacific VP of mobile devices marketing Ian Chapman-Banks.

With a library of over 750,000 songs and half a million mobile music derivatives, Motorola now offers the people of the Asia-Pacific region an extensive music collection, all available for download either via the internet or directly onto a mobile device.