September 04, 2007

By By Antony Buno, Denver

Universal Music Group is licensing its music catalog to the Ringboxx Home Phone Tunes service.

The Ringboxx device is basically a caller ID box users can connect to their home telephone lines, which will also play music in place of the standard ring -- much like a mobile phone.

UMG is the first major label to license music to the service. Until now Ringboxx had deals only with digital distributor The Orchard.

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