Optus is trying to win customers worried about music-streaming data limitsSource:News Limited
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Optus is looking to cement its place in the market as a premium content-focused player, with the telco offering customers data-free access to a raft of music streaming services.
The music service will see Optus give its prepaid mobile customers unmetered access to Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music, iHeartRadio and Guvera.
The one name missing from the list is Apple Music and there’s no guarantee that the service will join Optus’s fold in the near future. Optus managing director of marketing and product Ben White said the telco was actively “talking to a range of additional partners”, including Apple. Apple Music is available to Telstra customers after the incumbent telco launched the service last August. Telstra is offering new and recontracting postpaid mobile customers who take up Apple Music an additional 500MB of data a month. However, it does not offer data-free music streaming.
While Optus customers won’t have to tap into their data allowance to listen to music, they will need to have data or credit on their accounts. Downloads, video and non-music content are also excluded from the scheme. Optus’s music service, which will be available from May 2, is the first concerted effort by a local telco to bring the major music streaming outfits under one umbrella.
While music streaming services have made swift inroads into the Australian market, according to Mr White, data constraints continue to be the single biggest pain point for mobile consumers.
The latest figures released by the Australian Recording Industry Association highlighted a 5 per cent increase in the value of Australian recorded music in 2015, buoyed by the continued growth of digital streaming services. With streaming accounting for 62 per cent of the overall market, the value of subscription-based services like Spotify and Apple Music also doubled in 2015, from $23 million to $46m. The positive growth trajectory is a clear attraction for Optus and Mr White said taking data out of the equation would deliver another boost to adoption.
“We’re confident these plans will break down the data barrier and convince more Aussies to try music streaming,” Mr White said. Mac os x best mind mapping software. Microsoft home use program codes.
The music service adds to Optus’s growing stable of content assets. The telco already provides unmetered access to Netflix and Stan. It has also secured exclusive rights to the English Premier League and Cricket Australia.
Mr White is confident that Optus’s infrastructure is robust enough to cope with any additional pressure the free music service may exert on its network. An average song uses about 6MB of data. “We have worked hard with our partners for this service to understand the sort of throughput requirements their services need and ensure that we have the ability to deliver a quality service to our customers,” he said.
Bmw e46 navigation maps download. Optus customers will also gain access to over 20 live music events each year via Optus’s partnerships with Universal Music and iHeartRadio; and 15 per cent off music products via a customised music store.
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Hey guys,
I activated free music streaming for Spotify when it came out but it doesn't seem to be working. I'm on a $90 plan so I'm definitely eligible. When I try to check my status at https://www.optus.com.au/customercentre/myaccount/entertainm.., it keeps saying 'We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties. Please try again soon!'. So I talked to the chat team and they confirmed it is active.
However my data usage in the Optus App states that Spotify is still using data. Here's a screenshot of an independent app stating that I've used 71.1MB. Here's a screenshot of the Optus App showing my Spotify usage on the 12th. You can see it's also roughly 70MB. So there seems to be no data saved whatsoever. I played the music at home for maybe an hour with the music quality set at 'High'.
I definitely have a fast enough 4G speed for Spotify to handle it. Optus is adamant that the music streaming is activated but doesn't seem true at all. I have used about 1.5GB this period for Spotify (according to the Optus App) which is roughly what I would probably use if it wasn't active. I know it still uses data to load images and things like that but it's still ridiculously high and analysing the data shows nothing being saved at all.
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Anyone else having this issue?