Motorola poised to trump satellite radio with wireless mobile radio offering

Just when you think satellite radio's beginning to heat up. In the U.S., Motorola announced plans to launch iRadio later this year. The subscription-based radio service - to be made available via mobile phones - will hold 435 commercial-free radio channels for about half the price of the monthly fee of satellite radio providers. Content providers signed on to iRadio include Clear Channel, which is slated to provide 75 channels as well as syndicated programming. Heck, (actor and Angelina Jolie throwaway) Billy Bob Thornton will even produce an indie artist channel. iRadio uses wireless technology and, as such, folks can use their cells to download content for home or car stereo playback.
By Staff 
January 5, 2006

Just when you think satellite radio’s beginning to heat up. In the U.S., Motorola announced plans to launch iRadio later this year. The subscription-based radio service – to be made available via mobile phones – will hold 435 commercial-free radio channels for about half the price of the monthly fee of satellite radio providers. Content providers signed on to iRadio include Clear Channel, which is slated to provide 75 channels as well as syndicated programming. Heck, (actor and Angelina Jolie throwaway) Billy Bob Thornton will even produce an indie artist channel. iRadio uses wireless technology and, as such, folks can use their cells to download content for home or car stereo playback.