TietoEnator Partners With Blyk, the Free, Pan-European Mobile Operator for Young People

Espoo, Finland (ots/PRNewswire) - TietoEnator and Blyk, the free,
pan-European mobile operator for young people, have entered into a
partnership in which TietoEnator provides Blyk with an end-to-end BSS
(Business Support Systems) solution, related web portals and
infrastructure services. By establishing a flexible, scalable,
cost-efficient IT infrastructure partnership, Blyk is able to fulfil
its vision of providing its customers with free communications,
funded by mobile advertising.

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The services and solutions are provided by TietoEnator MVNE
(Mobile Virtual Network Enabler) Service Centre, focusing on
development, integration, application management and support
services. The end-to-end delivery combines the competencies and
services from TietoEnator's Telecom & Media, Processing & Network and
Digital Innovations Business Areas.

Kari Penttilä, Chief Technology Officer at Blyk, said: "Choosing
TietoEnator as our vendor of BSS solutions and services strengthens
our capability to manage IT operations. A player like TietoEnator can
help us focus on our business challenge and provide a platform that
can deliver a reliable and innovative service to our customers.
TietoEnator's cost efficiency and comprehensive service package, fast
time to market and the flexible IT solution convinced us that they
are the right partner for us".

Ari Vanhanen, Head of TietoEnator Telecom & Media, said: "We
believe this deal will strengthen TietoEnator's position as a
provider of comprehensive services for different types of players on
the market. It also shows our unique capabilities by combining
services from infrastructure to user experience, coupled with
innovation in operator business support systems. We are proud to
become a key technology partner to Blyk, who are working on the
leading edge of advertising-funded mobile communication services".

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TietoEnator is among the leading architects in building a more
efficient information society and one of the largest IT services
providers in Europe. TietoEnator specializes in consulting,
developing and hosting its customers' business operations in the
digital economy. The Group's services are based on a combination of
deep industry-specific expertise and the latest information
technology. TietoEnator has about 16 000 experts in close to 30
countries. www.tietoenator.com

Blyk is a pan-European free mobile operator for young people,
funded by advertising. For advertisers, Blyk is an innovative mobile
media channel offering direct engagement with a young audience with
real time feedback. Blyk was co-founded in 2006 by Pekka Ala-Pietilä
and Antti Öhrling and has offices in Helsinki, Finland and London,
UK. Blyk is launching first in the UK market in mid-2007, with other
markets to follow. about.blyk.com

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Contact:
For further information, please contact: Ari Vanhanen, President,
TietoEnator Telecom & Media, ari.vanhanen@tietoenator.com,
+49-171-423-24-36. Juha P. Lintula, MVNE Service Centre Manager,
TietoEnator Telecom & Media, juha.p.lintula@tietoenator.com,
+358-40-510-1914


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