MobileMonday Presents Mobile Finland
Posted on: May 7, 2007 – Filed under: Helsinki
The Dudesons will make a special guest appearance at the “MobileMonday presents Mobile Finland” to Eurovision Song contents media.
The group known for its crazy, deathwish humor describes itself this way:
“The long Arctic winters, ruled by ice and darkness, have frozen our brains and the endless summer nights, lit by the midnight sun, have kept us from sleep for months and driven us insane.” See: http://www.dudesons.com
Text messaging and ringtones were invented is Finland. Finns are also behind the world’s first mobile operator offering free calling and also the MobileMonday movement.
MobileMonday opens up Finnish mobility to the international media and visitors of the Eurovision Songfest. The open Mobile Finland session will take place on Monday, May 7 at 15:00-17:00 in downtown Helsinki. It will be followed by a “regular” MobileMonday evening starting at 18:00.
In the media session André Chaker, will conduct rapid interviews with the father of text messaging Matti Makkonen; inventor of ringtones and a founder of MobileMonday Vesku Paananen; the head of largest Finnish advertising agency and a returnee from Kuwait’s Watanya Timo Everi; and Peter Vesterbacka, a former head HP’s MobileBazaar, also a MobileMonday founder.
Among other interesting topics the Mobile Finland session will introduce two services that have been awarded separately first prizes by MobileMonday Helsinki and by Teleforum, mobile operators, Nokia and Samsung.
Jari Tammisto, CEO of Mobile Monday is still working on conforming the presence of other mobile luminaries.
The topic for the 18 o’clock MobileMonday evening will be dotMobi progress and .mobi based services.
Both sessions will be open to people interested in mobility (sign up) and they will take place at Stockholm Diskotek, Yrjönkatu 31, Helsinki.