Philips and Gracenote Launch Gracenote Mobile(SM) -- First Global Music Recognition and Content Delivery Service for Mobile PhonesLAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/09/2004 -- CES International -- Gracenote®, the worldwide leader in information services for digital music and media, today announced it has partnered with Philips Research to launch Gracenote® Mobile(SM), the first international solution for music recognition combined with related music content delivery for the mobile phone platform.
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"We needed to build a global solution, which required a reliable, highly scalable international database and infrastructure that only Gracenote was in a position to provide," said Erik de Ruijter, Fingerprint Business Development Officer of Philips Research.