NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Music lovers in Sri Lanka can now enjoy over 15 million tracks of global and local music on their Android-based smartphones. Sri Lanka’s premier telecom service provider, Dialog Axiata, is joining hands with Boinc to launch the service as part of Dialog Music.  Customers can get Boinc when they subscribe to a music-enabled data plan, or with purchase of the new Dialog Q243 Android smartphone, which comes bundled with the service ‘free-for-life’ on the device.

Boinc offers users access to unlimited music from global majors including Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group. Boinc’s ‘free-to-me’ model enables Dialog subscribers to listen to and share their favorite tracks without the need for a credit card, all without ads. Dialog is offering free two-day trials to its Android-based mobile users to sample the service.

“Boinc is changing the way people access music with our unique carrier-based model. Whether bundled with your new smartphone or as part of your daily, weekly, or monthly service plan, Boinc delivers non-stop joy of both on and offline access to one of the most extensive music libraries available anywhere,” said Michael Tatelman, CEO of Boinc.

Sri Lanka takes pride in its rich musical tradition, but so far, consumers have been unable to enjoy digital music on a global scale. By offering a bundled music service through Dialog’s daily and monthly service plans, Boinc and Dialog Axiata will enable, for the first time, authentic widespread on-demand access to over 15 million songs.

“Dialog Axiata is excited to add Boinc to Dialog Music, to significantly enhance our digital music service offering via Dialog Music,” said Azwan Khan, Chief Operating Officer of Dialog Axiata PLC. “Value-added service offerings such as music and lifestyle solutions deliver significant benefits to our customers – and therein the business; we look forward to shaping a unique user experience through world-class applications such as Boinc,” he added.

About Boinc: 
Purpose-built for mobile carriers and their millions of smartphone subscribers around the world, Boinc is revolutionizing the mobile music experience with its “free to me” model – no ads, no hassles. Whether bundled with a mobile device or included in a service plan, Boinc enables people to listen to their favorite music both online and off from its extensive catalog of both global and local content. With an emphasis on network efficiency and portability, Boinc’s highly flexible and customized business model enables carriers to capture the full investment in music partnership, making Boinc the ideal solution for carriers and music lovers around the world.

About Dialog:
Dialog Axiata PLC, a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), operates Sri Lanka’s largest and fastest growing mobile telecommunications network. The Company is also one of the largest listed companies on the Colombo Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalization. Dialog is also Sri Lanka’s largest Foreign Direct Investor (FDI) with investments totalling over USD 1.5 billion.

Dialog has been at the forefront of innovation in the mobile industry in Sri Lanka since the late 90’s, propelling the nation’s mobile telephony infrastructure to a level of advancement on par with the developed world. The company delivers advanced mobile telephony and high speed mobile broadband services to a subscriber base in excess of 8.5 Million Sri Lankans, via 2.5G and 3G/3.5G and 4G networks. 

At the SLIM-Nielsen People’s Choice Awards 2014, Dialog was voted by Sri Lankan consumers as the Telecom Service Provider of the Year in addition to being named the Internet Service Provider of the Year and Youth Brand of the Year.