http://about.blyk.com Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:31:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nokia World/Amsterdam, NL - 4th - 5th December If you're going to be at Nokia World in Amsterdam, please stop by Hall 2/Stream 3 on the 5th at 14.15 where Pekka Ala-Pietilä, co-founder and CEO of Blyk will be delivering a presentation 'Breaking the mold: adopting an advertising based business model'. ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/12/04/blyk-at-events/ Blyk, the new mobile network for 16 - 24 year olds recently invited aspiring young creatives from London College of Communication (LCC) and Camberwell Art College to develop their own interpretation of the Blyk logo.  Consequently, they have become instrumental in shaping the visual identity of the brand. http://about.blyk.com/2007/11/26/blyk-selects-young-designers/ Geoff Morley from Blyk UK will present at IIR Mobile Advertising Conference on advertising-sponsored mobile services and the Blyk Media: the model that is today present in every other media than mobile, from newspapers to television. Geoff will also discuss messaging: the most simple dominant pattern in mobile, and the ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/11/26/blyk-presents-at-iirs-mobile-advertising-conference-in-budapest-this-week-november-26-28/ GSMA Mobile Asia Congress 2007 in Macau this week was an interesting event. Despite our initial European focus, most of people knew Blyk: this really is a global industry! I was presenting Blyk in the mobile advertising session on November 14th, followed by a lively panel discussion on operator strategies, consumer ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/11/15/blyk-presented-in-gsma-mobile-asia-congress-2007/ Artists Find Communication Platform of the Future Through FREE Mobile Network Blyk. http://about.blyk.com/2007/11/15/blyk-music-announcement/ Many people have asked us about the animations that are making the rounds on the Internet (like this one: Blyk by Elin Svensson) and about the design of the Blyk brand identity. When we started designing the Blyk brand we took a deliberately “open code” approach. I've written a post on ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/11/14/blyk-an-open-code-brand/ The new free mobile network Blyk launches its mission to make mobile phone bills and mobile contracts a thing of the past, bringing greater financial freedom to the UK's young population. http://about.blyk.com/2007/11/07/blyk-savings/ Blyk has teamed up with Vice to run a FREE live music tour, the Unitaur. It's launching on Monday 29th October 2007 with 10 dates across the UK featuring brilliant acts including: The Teenagers, Crystal Castles (a favourite at Blyk UK HQ), These New Puritans and more. What's more, ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/10/11/blyk-presents-the-unitaur/ Blyk Appoints Shaun Gregory as UK Chief Executive London, 2 October, 2007 - Blyk the pan-European free mobile operator, which went live in the UK 24th September 2007, today announced the appointment of Shaun Gregory as UK CEO. Shaun will be responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company and lead ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/10/03/press-release-blyk-appoints-shaun-gregory-as-uk-chief-executive/ Contagious Magazine features Blyk in the "Birth of a Brand" section of their last issues. They also covered the Blyk launch briefly in this Contagious News Article. http://about.blyk.com/2007/10/02/blyk-in-contagious-newsletter/ Some selected articles on the Blyk launch: Business week: Free Mobile Services Set to Take Off: Blyk's British launch of its ad-sponsored cell-phone service targeted at teens and young adults has traditional mobile operators nervous Reuters/CNBC: Ad-Funded Mobile Operator Opens in Britain MobiAdNews: Designing Blyk - The First Ad-Funded Mobile Operator http://about.blyk.com/2007/10/02/blyk-launch-global-coverage/ Here is the full video of the Blyk launch event on September 24th at the Vinyl Factory in London: http://about.blyk.com/2007/10/02/blyk-goes-live-video/ Blyk,  the pan-European free mobile operator, which went live in the UK 24th September 2007, today announced the appointment of Shaun Gregory as UK CEO. http://about.blyk.com/2007/10/02/blyk-uk-chief-executive-press-release-2-october-2007/ Blyk, the new mobile network for 16 to 24 year olds today announced the launch of its UK service. The announcement was made by the company founders Pekka Ala-Pietilä and Antti Öhrling at a press launch event in London this morning. http://about.blyk.com/2007/09/24/blyk-goes-live-press-release-24-september-2007/ The world’s first advertising funded mobile network for 16-24 year olds launches in the UK London, 24 September, 2007 - Blyk, the new mobile network for 16 to 24 year olds today announced the launch of its UK service. The announcement was made by the company founders Pekka Ala-Pietilä and Antti ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/09/24/press-release-blyk-goes-live/ Contagious Magazine "Birth of a Brand - Blyk". http://about.blyk.com/2007/08/08/contagious-article/ Blyk, the new mobile network for 16 - 24s, is delighted in the growing interest in its progress to create a service that links young people up with brands they like and gives them free texts and minutes, every month. http://about.blyk.com/2007/07/10/blyk-on-track-for-launch-press-release-10-july-2007/ Blyk, the new mobile network for 16 – 24s, is delighted in the growing interest in its progress to create a service that links young people up with brands they like and gives them free texts and minutes, every month. Jon Fisher, Consumer Marketing Director, said: “Blyk is dedicated to giving ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/07/10/press-release-on-track-for-launch/ Blyk representatives will be speaking at the following events in June. We hope to see you there. June 5-6, MEM 2007 in Monte Carlo: Antti Öhrling will be delivering an “Endnote” presentation as a special guest speaker during Day two/Track one. His presentation “The Ultimate Customer Ownership: Launching an MVNO” will ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/06/05/blyk-at-events-in-june/ Pekka will be speaking on Wednesday, May 16th (day two) of the Financial Times Mobile Media Conference held at The Dorchester in London. The theme of the two day event is “Mobile Media - The business of change. How will mobile media transform the mobile and digital media markets?” Other ... http://about.blyk.com/2007/05/15/blyk-at-events-in-london-on-may-16-and-may-17/