KDDI have announced passing the 10 million full-song download point as of 15 June. They attributed the success to their CDMA 1X high-speed EV-DO network and fixed-rate packet plans; this popular service duo has doubled the download numbers on a monthly basis since the launch in late November 2004. Link for details, with a breakdown of the top tunes downloaded to date. See KDDI’s Press Release [in Japanese] Here.

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