T-Mobile and Rhapsody Launch Streaming-Music Service unRadio

SEATTLE — T-Mobile is bringing its "un-carrier" mantra to Internet radio: The company is teaming up with music company Rhapsody to launch unRadio, an ad-free music-streaming service that lets you play music on-demand for as long as you'd like, without running up your mobile bill.

While the music-streaming industry is inundated with competition (e.g. Spotify, Pandora and most recently, Amazon Prime Music), unRadio promises a different approach. And based on the offering, it actually seems different

unRadio is free for T-Mobile's Simple Choice customers, which includes those with an unlimited phone and 4G LTE data plan for about $80 a month. T-Mobile customers without unlimited data can get the music-streaming service for $4 — it's a far cry from other services that run about $10 a month. Put another way, that's $72 in savings each year. It's $5 a month for non-customers. Read more...