20 March 2008

EMI wants in to Nokia's
"comes with music" scheme

The Finnish company unveiled in December the "Comes With Music'' program, which will allow customers to buy a phone with a year of unlimited access to millions of tracks included in the purchase price.

The service is introduced together with the Universal Music Group and Nokia is in discussions with other major music labels and they'll try to include more players into this.

Basically Nokia and Universal will allows you to GET and to KEEP music for FREE and it will not disappear once when the subscription is over and actually the only question is how much music you can get in this period in a good wi-fi environment ;)

EMI said on Wednesday it was in talks with mobile handset maker Nokia to offer its songs as part of Nokia's new "Comes with Music" offering.

"We want to be part of it. I believe strongly that when it launches we will be there, with a full offering," Wemppa Koivumaki, head of EMI Finland, told a news conference.

Nokia is set to start selling phones under its "Comes With Music" brand in the second half of 2008, offering unlimited access to millions of songs.