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LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said on Thursday it would launch its new music bundle "Comes with Music" on the world's largest music market, in the United States, next year.
"In the United States we will launch next year," Tero Ojanpera, head of entertainment business at Nokia said at a news conference.
(Reporting by Tarmo Virki)
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