Milan, Italy - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) on Wednesday announced the launch of its Nokia Music Store in Italy, boasting a catalog of more than 4 million songs from all four major labels and many independents. The company said that 54% of the music offered in its Italian store is local, and offers tracks from local labels including Sugar, Carosello, Universo and Edel. Nokia has now launched its music stores in 11 international markets.

Espoo, Finland - Mobile phone giant Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to add Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) catalog to its "Comes With Music" line of phones that ship with a year's worth of unlimited music downloads, as well as its Nokia Music Stores. The company previously licensed Universal Music Group tracks for the service in December 2007, and Sony BMG in April.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New York - Despite participation from fellow major labels Universal, Sony BMG and EMI, Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is withholding its songs from Nokia's new online music store over copyright concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Espoo, Finland - Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia on Wednesday introduced the Nokia Music Store, a PC and over-the-air digital music service that uses technology gained from its acquisition of Loudeye.