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A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a mobile phone to indicate an incoming call or text message. The term is a misnomer , as it is often used to refer to any ring sound , almost all of which are not tones . The term is most often used to refer to the customizable sounds used on mobile phones .

The first commercial mobile ring tones were created and delivered in Finland in 1998 when a Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja (today Elisa started their downloadable mobile ring tone service called Harmonium. Invented by Vesa-Matti Pananen. , the Harmonium contained both tools for individuals to create monophonic ring tones and a mechanism to deliver them over-the-air (OTA) via SMS to a mobile handset. The service concept spread quickly in Europe and Asia and developed into a multi-billion dollar industry. A ring tone service was one of the very first successful m-commerce services, with social media features like composing, sharing, and rating ring tones. The Harmonium also quickly created a market for high-quality professional ring tones and commercial ring tone libraries.