Apple intends to introduce iTunes to more European countries

The Computer manufacurer Apple intends to introduce their online music store iTunes into more European countries, beginning in October. After the European (Germany, Great Britain and France) start in June,  iTunes "arrive in any case in more than 4 to 5 countries" said vice-president (area internet applications) Eddy Cue at the music fair "Popkomm" in Berlin.

The German service of iTunes music store, number one of  the legal download stores in Germany, now offers 800.000 songs according to Cue, the DPA (German press agency). This is 100.000 more than in June when iTunes began offering the service. All four major-labels and approximately 100 so called independent labels are represented. Apart from pop songs are also about 12.000 classical music titles available in the iTunes library.

Apple claims, that since their iTunes start in April 2003, more than 125 million songs have been sold over the internet in the USA and the three European countries. Their mobile music player Ipod sales are reportedly more than 4.5 millon.