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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Nokia Music Store Italy: More Than 4 Million Songs

Nokia Music Store Italy: More Than 4 Million Songs

New Nokia Music Store is Committed to Local Content - Which Represents More Than 54% of the Music Sold in Italy

MILAN, Italy and ESPOO, Finland, November 19/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced the launch in Italy of its new
digital music site, Nokia Music Store, which already has a catalogue of more
than 4 million songs amongst which can be found top selling records,
including records from Universal Music Group, SONY BMG ENTERTAINMENT, Warner
Music Group and EMI Group, independent record labels, and new national
talent. With the launch of the store http://music.nokia.it, Italian consumers
can enjoy music of all types on their mobile device or PC whenever they want
and however they want, using a combination of downloads and streaming
services.

Nokia Music Store focuses on the local market, strongly associated with
the consumer, as more than *54% of the music that is sold in Italy is local.
To achieve this, there is a team in each country to determine more closely
the tastes of the relevant region. Its search engine enables the
differentiation between genres such as Italian music, pop, hip hop and rock.

Nokia has reached agreements with important and relevant record labels,
with global and local aggregators such as The Orchard, IODA, Kiver, Made In
eTaly, Wondermark and with local record labels such as Sugar, Carosello,
Universo, Edel, with the objective of offering a broad range of genres and
artists.

"With the launch of the Nokia Music Store in Italy, Nokia aims to make
available to all Italian users the music that they want at any moment they
want, with all the facilities that mobility permits nowadays," said Andrea
Montagnini, Nokia Music Manager, Nokia Italy.

You can access Nokia Music Store via your PC at http://music.nokia.it, as
well as via the Nokia Music Store icon on your mobile device such as the
Nokia N85, Nokia N78, Nokia N95 8GB or Nokia N95, Nokia N96, as well as a
growing range of Nokia devices.

How to buy the music

From the palm of their hand, music lovers will be able to access a whole
new world of possibilities and recommendations, or look for favourite
singers. Browsing, downloading, playing and synchronising with the compatible
PC or directly from the compatible mobile device will now be possible with a
simple click. The Nokia Music Store also offers on-demand music streaming
service. For a monthly fee consumers can listen to as much music as they want
on their PCs. It also has a pre-listening application of 30 seconds which
allows the user to sample and identify each track. Furthermore, the consumer
will be able to select any songs they are interested in directly from their
mobile device, to make their purchase at that very moment or later on.

Tracks cost 1.00 EUR each (incl. VAT), whilst whole albums are generally
10 EUR (incl. VAT). The streaming service, based on monthly subscription and
which enables the user to listen to any music desired without limit, costs 10
EUR. All songs and albums can be paid for by credit card.

How to manage the music

The Nokia Music for PC application allows consumers to seamlessly move
music from their PCs to their Nokia device. People can quickly create their
music library, make playlists, buy songs through Nokia Music Store, and then
easily transfer the content to their Nokia device.

"We are aiming to satisfy the needs of users with a simple service that
is easily accessible, offering the most comprehensive catalogue of artists,
thought of by and for Italian music enthusiasts," added Montagnini.

Anyone registering at the store will receive all the latest happenings in
the sector with updates and weekly newsletters. To access Nokia Music Store
visit http://www.music.nokia.it.

Nokia Music Store went live in the UK on 1st of November 2007 and is now
live in 11 markets including, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Ireland,
Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, France, Singapore, Spain and Sweden.

* Source October 2008 Discopress Classifiche.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a
wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to
experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business
mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet
services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of
focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications
networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

http://www.nokia.com


Source: Nokia Corporation

Media Enquiries: Nokia Communications, Italy, Tiziana Pollio, Tel. +39-3482315143, Email: tiziana.pollio@nokia.com ; Nokia Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, Email: press.services@nokia.com


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