LG, the Korean handset maker, and Omnifone, the UK-based mobile music start-up, will on Tuesday attempt to upstage Nokia’s flagship music strategy by unveiling a rival handset and music package, which is set to beat the Finnish handset maker to market.

Customers who buy the LG handset will get free, unlimited access to a library of around 1.5m songs for 12 to 18 months and be able to keep favourite tracks at the end of this time. Called MusicStation Max, the package will be on sale before June, several months ahead of a similar launch by Nokia.