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(It works with every major carmaker.) Of the 29.6 million subscribers to SiriusXM at the end of last year, 24.2 million paid the $11 to $20 monthly fee themselves, with the rest covered through promotions by car companies.
XM Radio was first established in 1988 as the American Mobile Satellite Corporation. The company established a division in 1992 which eventually became XM Radio. Their satellite service initially launched in 2001. A year later, in 2002, Sirius Satellite Radio launched. In 2009, DirecTV acquired 40% of SiriusXM.