LISMO
online music service
LISMO (au Listen Mobile Service) was an online music service provided by au, a Japanese mobile phone brand run by KDDI, a Japanese telecommunication company. This service was introduced on January 19, 2006, and the service began operating at the end of January in Japan. The first mobile phone which supports LISMO was sold on January 26, 2006. In 2008, KDDI and Okinawa Cellular introduced 'LISMO Video', a new service with new means to enjoy video content as well.
As of In April 2013, KDDI acquired Taiwanese streaming service KKBOX. The LISMO and KKBOX services were merged under the KKBOX name. KKBOX is now expanding into other Asian markets.
The discontinuation of LISMO WAVE on September 30, 2019 marked the end of the LISMO brand.
Mascot
The mascot of this service was LISMO-kun (リスモくん). The "LIS" in "LISMO" is pronounced the same as squirrel (リス, risu) in Japanese. It is a silhouette of a squirrel carrying an orange logo with earphones connected to it.
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