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Blyk invited to present at TM Forum, Singapore 27-28 January 2010

22/01/2010

Helsinki, Finland 22 January 2010 - Blyk,the mobile messaging media, has been invited to present a keynote at TM Forum in Singapore on Wednesday, January 27.

The topic for Blyk’s presentation is Mobile Advertising.  The speaker is Antti Õhrling, co-founder and UK CEO of Blyk.

Antti has over 25 years experience as a senior manager in branded goods, retail and wholesale, TV& film and advertising industries.
He is also founder of Contra Advertising Group, has been part of Touch Worldwide since spring, 2009. He continues as chairman of Contra China, an advertising agency specializing in social media marketing, based in Beijing.

Antti is a Fellow at RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures and Commerce, UK) and is a regular at lectures on innovative business strategies and brand issues for international audiences.

In 2006, Antti co-founded Blyk, with Pekka Ala-Pietilä, the former president of Nokia.  Blyk was launched in the UK in 2007, and rapidly became a recommended media between its young members. The company will be soon expanding to the Netherlands and India, working in partnership with leading operators. 

At TM Forum, Singapore event, Antti’s keynote topics include:

The changing consumer behaviour and stiff competition that is      dramatically altering telecoms and media landscapes

New business models that are vital for future profitable growth and strong market leadership

How MNOs will play an important role in developing Mobile as a mass media

How Blyk partnership with operators provide companies with the media capability to open additional revenue streams

How Blyk provides operators with more market share and increase customer loyalty

About Blyk
Blyk is a messaging media that works with mobile operators to link young people with brands and other stuff they like.  http://about.blyk.com


Media Enquiries:
Irène Nyberg
BLYK
press@blyk.com
http://about.blyk.com

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