AT&T will make Napster available for its subscribers

AT&T Inc. next month will make Napster Inc.'s entire catalog of more than 5 million songs available for its subscribers to download to their handsets. The service, unveiled today, boosts San Antonio-based AT&T's over-the-air download offerings and makes the nation's largest phone company more competitive with rivals Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, which have led it providing wireless music downloads. Under an earlier deal, AT&T let Napster subscribers transfer music from their personal computer to their cell phone with a cable or a storage card. The new agreement allows customers to directly download to their phones for $7.49 for a bundle of five songs, or $1.99 for each individual song.