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Bluetooth music trial service launched

Sales of portable audio and video devices to grow from EUR 5.6 billion in 2005 to Eur 13.3 billion in 2010. Audio only will be 75% of revenue

US ringtone sales to hit USD$500m in 2005

Online retail sales to grow from USD$172 billion in 2005 to $329 billion in 2010

35% households own an MP3 player in 2005, rising to 70% in 2010

Realtones will be US$1.2bn by 2010

Full track downloads to mobile to hit US$640m by 2010.

7.5 million portable media players will ship in 2009

Households with DAB digital radios will increase from 1.2m in 2004 to 20m in 2009. Penetration of 40%

Spend on online content to grow from US$3.8bn to $8.9bn in 2010 – most on games and music

13% of households can receive digital TV in 2005, rising to 33% by 2010 or 400m homes.

Mobile content market to grow to EUR 32 billion by 2012 – mainly games, sport, music and messaging