Groove Mobile delivers Iris artists to cell phone users

Groove Mobile, a Bedford company that designs and runs music download services for cell phone service carriers, said today that it added a new client in the music industry.

Iris Distribution, a San Francisco company that handles digital music sales for independent record labels, will make its catalog of artists and songs available to Groove to be included in its wireless download services.

The deal will mean songs from groups like The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and heavy metal troupe Anthrax will be available to cell phone users to download if their carrier is using a groove system. Groove's biggest client in the United States is the wireless carrier Sprint.
(By Keith Reed, Globe staff)