Mobile Phones - The First downloadable Content Sold To Mobile Phones
Time: 1998
Place: Finland
Details: 2G also introduced the ability to access media content on mobile phones. In 1998 the first downloadable content sold to mobile phones was the ring tone, launched by Finland's Radiolinja (now Elisa).
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Saturday Aug 15, 1998 - Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
![Apple Inc.-A New all-in-one Computer](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Logo of the company Apple Inc.](https://historydraft.com/files/f65c65bc-3cf4-4812-8f11-8594c47359ce.160.webp)
Apple Inc.-A New all-in-one Computer
Saturday Aug 15, 1998 - U.S.
![Marvel Studios-First film packaged and licensed by Marvel Studios](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Marvel Studios](https://historydraft.com/files/5d51bc00-93dc-4067-a739-c18efbd2d788.160.webp)
Marvel Studios-First film packaged and licensed by Marvel Studios
Friday Aug 21, 1998 - Burbank, California, U.S.
![Angelina Jolie-The Great Breakthrough](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Angelina Jolie](https://historydraft.com/files/45a42917-ac27-45a5-aad4-d2c36297933c.160.webp)
Angelina Jolie-The Great Breakthrough
1998 - Los Angeles, California, United States
![Džok-Džok died under the wheels of a moving train.](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dżok Monument](https://historydraft.com/files/58003e48-25f3-4cba-ad65-c48261e26b74.160.webp)
Džok-Džok died under the wheels of a moving train.
1998 - Poland
![David Cameron-First Job](/assets/placeholder.png)
![David Cameron Image](https://historydraft.com/files/ee1df55b-2ab2-4865-a9a3-fb0547a6cee6.160.webp)
David Cameron-First Job
Sep, 1998 - England
![Google LLC-The Company Was Incorporated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Google LLC](https://historydraft.com/files/5f820d99-9467-4937-8198-1fd7b259b577.160.webp)
Google LLC-The Company Was Incorporated
Friday Sep 4, 1998 - Menlo Park, California, U.S.
![Amazon-Amazon began selling music and videos](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Logo of Amazon](https://historydraft.com/files/7d37d045-e3df-4ad0-8f77-7c7233d51029.160.webp)
Amazon-Amazon began selling music and videos
1998 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
![Jackie Chan-Hollywood breakthrough](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Jackie Chan Cannes 2012](https://historydraft.com/files/6a9f1125-2dd9-4cc8-bbda-12dcd2fd3c35.160.webp)
Jackie Chan-Hollywood breakthrough
Friday Sep 18, 1998 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
![Kosovo War-The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1199](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kosovo War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/4c0d5bf3-5bde-40aa-b02e-21761e4ad850.160.webp)
Kosovo War-The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1199
Wednesday Sep 23, 1998 - Kosovo
![Kosovo War-NATO issued an "activation warning"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kosovo War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/4c0d5bf3-5bde-40aa-b02e-21761e4ad850.160.webp)
Kosovo War-NATO issued an "activation warning"
Thursday Sep 24, 1998 - Kosovo
![Angela Merkel-The Kohl Government Defeat](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Angela Merkel Image](https://historydraft.com/files/98332892-4717-4c78-93cf-e22c1b00827e.160.webp)
Angela Merkel-The Kohl Government Defeat
Sunday Sep 27, 1998 - Germany
![Shakira-Releasing Her 4th Album](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Shakira Image](https://historydraft.com/files/90b03aa4-0f43-4155-a208-432b16c6366c.160.webp)
Shakira-Releasing Her 4th Album
Tuesday Sep 29, 1998 - Colombia
![Nintendo-Turok series](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Nintendo Image](https://historydraft.com/files/ad7627ca-882a-4d89-a5c5-1553bdb8a7b6.160.webp)
Nintendo-Turok series
Sep, 1998 - Kyoto, Japan
![Sony Corporation-Launching Their Memory Stick](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Wordmark of Sony - image](https://historydraft.com/files/32665544-193c-4652-a17e-ba526100fa9c.160.webp)
Sony Corporation-Launching Their Memory Stick
Oct, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan
![Nokia-Becoming The Best-Selling Mobile Phone Brand](/assets/placeholder.png)
![The logo of the Finnish telecommunications company, Nokia Corporation](https://historydraft.com/files/cbce7987-1e1f-477d-92b5-1fd41a6441c9.160.webp)
Nokia-Becoming The Best-Selling Mobile Phone Brand
Oct, 1998 - Espoo, Finland
![Dollar Tree-Dollar Tree acquired 98-Cent Clearance Centers](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dollar Tree](https://historydraft.com/files/07a8277c-9a0f-4baa-bf72-30a7a8aaac2f.160.webp)
Dollar Tree-Dollar Tree acquired 98-Cent Clearance Centers
1998 - California, U.S.
![Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Commence Impeachment Proceedings Against Clinton](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Impeachment of Bill Clinton](https://historydraft.com/files/46e2ba54-7758-4935-bbc7-0619d26dd284.160.webp)
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Commence Impeachment Proceedings Against Clinton
Thursday Oct 8, 1998 - House of Representatives, Washington D.C., U.S.
![Stan Lee-Stan Lee Media](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Stan Lee](https://historydraft.com/files/e116e83f-5a7c-4d98-808d-7a8f1876450c.160.webp)
Stan Lee-Stan Lee Media
Oct, 1998 - Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
![Francesco Totti-First Senior Cap](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Francesco Totti](https://historydraft.com/files/c2d54543-d231-4582-ba3c-9508c59346aa.160.webp)
Francesco Totti-First Senior Cap
Saturday Oct 10, 1998 - Italy
![International Monetary Fund-Argentina's package](/assets/placeholder.png)
![International Monetary Fund Headquarters](https://historydraft.com/files/93b1a40b-8500-4c1c-9112-f2bcf94ad644.160.webp)
International Monetary Fund-Argentina's package
1998 - Argentina
![Kosovo War-The North Atlantic Council issued activation orders](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kosovo War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/4c0d5bf3-5bde-40aa-b02e-21761e4ad850.160.webp)
Kosovo War-The North Atlantic Council issued activation orders
Tuesday Oct 13, 1998 - Kosovo
![Kosovo War-The NATO Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM)](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kosovo War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/4c0d5bf3-5bde-40aa-b02e-21761e4ad850.160.webp)
Kosovo War-The NATO Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM)
Thursday Oct 15, 1998 - Kosovo
![Bank of America-NationsBank of Charlotte acquired BankAmerica](/assets/placeholder.png)
![The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte](https://historydraft.com/files/d2e158c6-7fe2-45c3-91e0-4395f684e892.160.webp)
Bank of America-NationsBank of Charlotte acquired BankAmerica
Oct, 1998 - U.S.
![Bank of America-Bank of America possessed combined assets of $570 billion](/assets/placeholder.png)
![The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte](https://historydraft.com/files/d2e158c6-7fe2-45c3-91e0-4395f684e892.160.webp)
Bank of America-Bank of America possessed combined assets of $570 billion
1998 - U.S.
![Amazon-Walmart sued Amazon](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Logo of Amazon](https://historydraft.com/files/7d37d045-e3df-4ad0-8f77-7c7233d51029.160.webp)
Amazon-Walmart sued Amazon
Friday Oct 16, 1998 - U.S.
![Dwayne Johnson-Judgment Day: In Your House](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dwayne Johnson](https://historydraft.com/files/d1e7647f-42fc-47b5-92c9-29fe25ebaf23.160.webp)
Dwayne Johnson-Judgment Day: In Your House
Sunday Oct 18, 1998 - Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.
![Disasters with highest death tolls-Hurricane Mitch](/assets/placeholder.png)
![disasters](https://historydraft.com/files/f8eb75bc-0e08-4bda-9c54-f6dbee2cc2e4.160.webp)
Disasters with highest death tolls-Hurricane Mitch
Thursday Oct 22, 1998 - Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico
![Angelina Jolie-Nothing else to Give](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Angelina Jolie](https://historydraft.com/files/45a42917-ac27-45a5-aad4-d2c36297933c.160.webp)
Angelina Jolie-Nothing else to Give
1998 - New York, United States
![Kosovo War-The Serbian withdrawal commenced](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Kosovo War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/4c0d5bf3-5bde-40aa-b02e-21761e4ad850.160.webp)
Kosovo War-The Serbian withdrawal commenced
Sunday Oct 25, 1998 - Kosovo