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To: D.B. Cooper who wrote (2547)	6/28/2001 3:15:39 AM
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Thursday June 28 12:52 AM ET RealNetworks, Symbian to Partner By ALLISON LINN, AP Business Writer SEATTLE (AP) - Hoping to eventually persuade customers to pay for data shipped to their mobile phones, RealNetworks will partner with Symbian, which makes operating systems for mobile phones, to include an audio and video player in wireless devices, the companies were scheduled to announce Thursday. RealNetworks' RealPlayer Mobile is already available in the Nokia (news - web sites) 9210, released last week in Europe. Through the deal, it could be included in Symbian operating systems for Motorola, Panasonic, Siemens and Sony phones, among others, spokeswoman Kari Day said. RealNetworks, based in Seattle, sees the deal with London-based Symbian as the first step toward marketing a series of subscription services. For example, the company envisions that people will be willing to pay a fee to have news, sports or entertainment updates sent to their phone through streaming media and played on the RealPlayer. RealNetworks' vice president Mark Bretl said the company also will likely use the service to deliver music. RealNetworks has built a customer base of as many as 200 million users through its giveaway RealPlayer for computers. Now, the company is trying to earn money from those users with paid subscription services such as the ones envisioned with the Symbian partnership. Its most promising initiative is MusicNet, a partnership with three major record labels that aims to provide music over the Internet via a subscription service. For now, the effects of the deal with Symbian will mostly be felt outside the United States, where more sophisticated cellular phone technology has made it easier for wireless devices to carry large amounts of data. Day said a timeline for offering subscription services has not yet been set. -