White Plains, N.Y. - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Thursday announced a promotional partnership with filmmaker Spike Lee, who will "direct" a film that utilizes user-submitted camera phone footage and other content.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced on Tuesday that Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG has joined Universal Music Group in licensing its catalog for unlimited access on Nokia phones as part of the company's Comes With Music offering. The service gives Nokia phone buyers access to unlimited mobile and PC-based downloads from the Nokia Music Store for a year, after which time they may continue on an unlimited access subscription service.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) plans to launch another Nokia Music Store in Australia next week, which at launch will offer 2.5 million tracks from all the majors except for Warner Music, along with a number of Australian independent labels. Nokia claims that 45% of the available tracks will be from Aussie artists. Nokia has previously launched music stores in the U.K., Ireland and the Netherlands.

Los Angeles - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is reportedly paying Universal Music Group $35 per device for the rights to pre-load music from the label's artists on the devices it sells as part of its new "Comes With Music" offering in Europe, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cited "a well-informed mobile industry executive."

Amsterdam - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Tuesday announced the launch of a version of its Nokia Music Store in the Netherlands. Users can pay 1 euro per track or 10 euros per album for DRM-protected downloads that can be transferred between a PC and their Nokia devices, or subscribe to a PC streaming service for 10 euros per month. Nokia has also launched versions of its Nokia Music Store in the U.K., Germany, Finland, Ireland and Italy, and says it will expand to additional countries throughout the year.

Espoo, Finland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Monday announced the launch of its re-tooled N-Gage mobile games service, which allows consumers to browse, demo and buy mobile games directly from their Nokia devices.

Dublin, Ireland - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Wednesday launched its Nokia Music Store in Ireland, offering 2.5 million tracks that can be browsed and purchased either via PC or a mobile device. Nokia said it plans to highlight and offer recommendations of local artists such as Glen Hansard (from the film "Once"), the Coronas and Cathy Davey on the service. A version of the store, which uses Windows Media and DRM, is also available in the U.K.

Helsinki - Major record label EMI is in talks with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on licensing its songs for the company's forthcoming "Comes With Music" unlimited mobile music service, Reuters reports. "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.

London - Apple (NASD: AAPL) is in talks with the major record labels on possible new models that would see music come pre-loaded, or be available through unlimited subscription plans on its iPod and iPhone devices, the Financial Times reports. While Nokia (NYSE: NOK), which signed a deal with Universal Music for an unlimited "Comes With Music" service, will reportedly pay nearly $80 per handset to music companies, Apple is offering only about $20 per device, two executives familiar with the negotiations told FT.com.

Brussels - The European Commission on Monday announced that it will adopt a mobile TV standard developed by Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and partners, in a bid to help jump start the nascent industry.

Barcelona - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) said on Tuesday that it will add Google's (NASD: GOOG) search engine to the selection available on its mobile phones, joining other options from Yahoo and Microsoft. Google search will initially be available only on select phones in limited markets, but Nokia plans to expand this to additional models in over 100 countries.

Los Angeles - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Thursday announced the formation of the Nokia Artists' Advisory Council, which will be tasked with "helping to create an artist friendly environment inside the company, ensuring the artists' point of view is represented in creating new content business paradigms," and said former Eurythmic and producer Dave Stewart is the first artist to sign on.

Helsinki - Nokia (NASD: NOK) on Tuesday launched its rejiggered N-Gage mobile games service, as well as a mobile social network that lets users share photos and videos, Reuters reported. After several delays, the N-Game games platform was opened on Tuesday to owners of Nokia's N81 multimedia phones; a wider launch is expected later. The Share on Ovi social network was built with technology acquired from U.S.-based Twango, a Nokia spokesperson told Reuters.

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV said this week that it will send a team of citizen journalists to cover elections in Super Tuesday primary states, who will stream live video broadcasts throughout the day via mobile phones to its MTVNews.com and ChooseorLose.com sites. The citizen journalists will be equipped with Nokia N95 mobile devices, which will capture video that will then be streamed live onto the Web using technology from Flixwagon.

Paris - Vivendi Games Mobile announced this week a deal with cell phone maker Nokia, to offer a range of its games on Nokia devices via the company's Nokia Download service. Customers will be able to download Vivendi mobile games directly to their Nokia handsets.

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London - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Monday announced that it has partnered with European wireless broadband operator The Cloud, on a deal that will provide free Wi-Fi access to Nokia device owners connecting to the online Nokia Music Store from The Cloud's 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots. The store is currently compatible with the Nokia N81 and Nokia N95 8GB, and can also be accessed via PC.

Amsterdam - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Avvenu, the provider of a service that offers mobile access to personal files stored on a PC, including users' iTunes music libraries.

Amsterdam - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has struck a deal with Universal Music Group to offer purchasers of new Nokia music handsets unlimited free downloads of Universal tracks to their phones for 12 months, with consumers able to keep the songs after the "Comes With Music" promotion ends. "The financial barrier to try new music is completely removed," Nokia spokesman Damian Stathonikos told Reuters, adding, "We are in talks with all major labels. The response from labels has been very, very positive."