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The rumours were true: 3 UK has become the first mobile operator to cut a deal to offer Nokia’s Comes With Music initiative.

The operator will start selling CWM-enabled N95 8GB handsets on 3 November in the UK, with an 18-month contract for customers, rather than the 12 months of music offered on Carphone Warehouse’s existing pay-as-you-go CWM handset, the 5310 XpressMusic.

Customers will have to sign up to a £35-a-month contract to get 3’s handset, although the operator hasn’t specified whether the handset itself will be free. It’s certainly good news for Nokia, with 3 being the first operator domino to fall for its new initiative. Read the full press release below.

Nokia and 3 bring ‘Comes With Music’ to the United Kingdom
Nokia’s new music service to launch on 3 on selected Nokia N95 8GB handsets

London, October 24 2008 – Leading mobile network operator 3 is to support Comes With Music, a new Nokia service which introduces a completely different way for people to discover and enjoy the music they love. Comes With Music enabled handsets give customers 18-months of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue with the ability to keep all downloaded tracks even after the 18-months is over.

Comes With Music will go live on 3 from Monday3rd November and will be available on Nokia N95 8GB handsets. 3 customers who choose Comes With Music when they sign up to an 18-month contract with a Nokia N95 8GB handset will have unprecedented freedom to find and listen to music from a diverse catalogue of over 4 million tracks, including international and UK artists.

A number of key independent labels have joined with the four major labels to support this revolutionary new music service. 3 customers can download songs and albums directly to their compatible Nokia N95 8GB and to their compatible PC. Using the Nokia Music for PC software, customers can easily manage their music collection, build playlists and transfer music between their PC and Nokia device. More information on Comes With Music can be found at http://www.nokia.co.uk/comeswithmusic.

In addition to supporting the Comes With Music service, 3 has confirmed it will work with Nokia on a range of services on the Ovi platform.

Simon Ainslie, Nokia UK Managing Director said, “Our collaboration with 3 represents a major milestone in the coming together of mobile services and internet. As one of most popular devices, the Nokia N95 8GB Comes With Music edition from 3 will be the one of best all round contract offers in the market this Christmas.

Fergal Walker, Director of Product Management at 3 UK said, “As the market leader in mobile internet and content 3 wants to remove the barriers between people and the internet services they want on a mobile. Nokia shares this commitment. Together we are working to bring this vision to life through Ovi and improvements in the way people use their mobiles. We’re already collaborating on Nokia’s navigation services and we’re extending that with Comes With Music. We look forward to working with Nokia on other internet services in due course.”

Note to editors:

Get the Comes With Music Nokia N95 8GB on contract from 3 with 300 mins/texts, and 1GB of inclusive internet access for £35.

Comes With Music is easy to get to grips with. Install Nokia Music onto your PC using the CD in the box or from music.nokia.com/download. Connect your N95 8GB to your laptop, open up Nokia Music and sign into Comes With Music using the pin code in your box. Simple – you’re ready to download as much as you like, whenever you like, over the 3 network or your PC’s broadband connection.

Tags: 3 uk, Comes With Music, nokia

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