Apple’s iTunes sold 10 times more AAC tracks than WMA-based European rival OD2 in 2003

“Apple sold ten times as many tracks in the US as its most established future rival in Europe, OD2, sold in 2003,” MacWorld UK reports.

“The Mac-maker shifted 30 million songs in the US, while OD2 has shifted just three million songs in Windows Media format across the multiple operators that use its service in Europe last year… He added that the volume of European music downloads is growing 25 per cent month-on-month. Apple is expected to launch its own music download service in Europe in the second quarter,’ MacWorld UK reports.

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