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Blyk, a new MVNO partner of Mobistar

01/07/2008

Brussels, 1 July 2008 - Mobistar and Blyk announce today that theyhave reached an agreement related to the provision of mobileservices. Blyk intends to enter the Belgian market as a mobilevirtual network operator using the Mobistar network.Blyk is the new Mobile network for 16-24 year-olds that is funded byadvertising.

Blyk links young people with brands they like and givesthem free texts and minutes every month. Blyk was founded in 2006 inFinland and is now operating in the UK, where members embraced theBlyk concept so quickly that its annual member targets of 100,000were reached six months ahead of schedule. Entry into Belgium is partof Blyk's next wave of European expansion that was announced lastweek.Benoit Scheen, Mobistar CEO: "I am delighted that Blyk has chosenMobistar for their expansion into Belgium. We strongly believe in theinnovative Blyk approach (connecting advertisers with young people)and in the related value it will be bringing to the Belgium telecommarket. The figures Blyk already achieved and continues achieving inthe UK are impressive. I am convinced that the extensive usage ofadvertising traffic is an opportunity supporting Mobistar developmentin the mobile data business and willingness to reach new segments inthe Belgian population via partnerships. It confirms Mobistarcommitment to the development of mobile data services throughcontinuous investments in its network."

***Mobistar (EURONEXT BRUSSELS: MOBB), one of the major players on thetelecommunication market in Belgium and Luxembourg, is active inmobile and fixed telephony, in ADSL, and in other markets with alarge growth potential (data transmission, etc). Mobistar belongs tothe Orange Group, which combines the most important mobile activitiesof France Télécom. Mobistar is listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange.

For more information, please contact:Patti Verdoodt - Press Service - 02.745.82.12 or viapress@mail.mobistar.beChristophe Lemaitre - Investor Relations - 02.745.72.26 or viair@mail.mobistar.beBlyk is the new mobile network for 16 -24s that's funded byadvertising.

Blyk links young people with brands they like and givesthem free texts and minutes every month. Blyk was co-founded in 2006 by Pekka Ala-Pietilä and Antti Öhrling and has offices in Helsinki,Finland and London, UK.
Blyk is now operating in the UK, with otherEuropean markets to follow.

More information about Blyk: http://www.blyk.comRobbens, PRP Public Relations Partners - Press Service -02.761.08.10 or via frobbens@prp.beIrene Nyberg - Blyk Investor Relations -       +44.7747.844.854  or viairene@blyk.com.