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(Oakland, CA) If you spend a lot of time listening to Pandora on your cell phone, you may soon be forced to pay up.

The music service is introducing a 40 hour per month cap on free mobile listening.

Pandora says the cap will allow it to manage the rising cost of what it pays per track.

A subscription to listen to the service without interruptions will cost users $3.99 a month.