Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said today that Warner Music Group has agreed to join its soon-to-be launched music service, giving its device users access to music published by Warner.

"Warner Music Group has been a pioneer in developing new digital music business models and we are pleased to have them" on board, the head of Nokia's entertainment unit Tero Ojanperae said in a statement.

The Nokia Comes With Music service, expected to be launched during the second half of 2008, will let Nokia users to download unlimited music from various artists onto their mobile devices during the first year of ownership.

After a year, customers can keep the downloaded music, Nokia said.

The Warner Music Group is the third major label to cooperate with the new Nokia program after Universal Music Group International and Sony BMG. Nokia said it is in discussions with many other international labels.

Record labels are looking to Nokia and others to challenge the dominance of Apple's iTunes as they have struggled to negotiate with the U.S. group on a level footing on issues such as pricing.