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GroupM and Celltick to Forge an Alliance in Asia Pacific to Develop Mobile Marketing
LONDON, February 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Celltick, the pioneers of interactive idle screen mobile media, today announced an alliance with GroupM, the leading global media investment management operation. GroupM serves as the parent company to WPP media agencies including MAXUS, MediaCom, Mediaedge:cia and MindShare. The regional cooperation agreement for the Asia Pacific region will see them develop a joint mobile advertising proposition. Under the agreement, GroupM will be actively promoted as Celltick's media partner for managed service contracts, in which Celltick manages content and advertising on the idle screen. GroupM is now the preferred media partner for advertising inventory on operator platforms served by Celltick's LiveScreen(TM) Media. In return, GroupM will present Celltick's LiveScreen(TM) Media as its preferred idle screen advertising solution for mobile operators and promote it as an advertising channel to media agencies in the region. The alliance will assist both parties to expand and secure market share in this rapidly growing sector across Asia-Pacific, in which Celltick has been running successful mobile advertising campaigns over the past year. Celltick's LiveScreen(TM) Media is an effective mass reach mobile medium that broadcasts carefully targeted content and mobile marketing messages across millions of mobile idle-screens, turning them into a network of synchronised, interactive personal billboards. The platform has a reach capacity of over 200 million, with 25 mobile operators' customers across the globe. Emmanuel Allix, GroupM Asia Pacific Technology Development Director said, "Mobile is set to be the next growing channel for advertising and it is an important area of focus for us. As Mobile becomes a strategic direction for our company, GroupM is forging a series of alliances in the Mobile space to provide new opportunities to our clients and thus we are thrilled to embark into this cooperation with Celltick. We recognise that Celltick's LiveScreen(TM) Media is a mobile advertising platform that our advertisers can use to achieve targeted mass reach on the mobile phone and we plan to exploit this opportunity on behalf of our clients." "We're very excited about this partnership," comments Stephen Dunford, CEO of Celltick. "GroupM has a major presence in the APAC region and its client roster includes many of the world's largest brands. Through this partnership and others, we are working to create an ecosystem where mobile advertising can grow to reach critical mass." The formal cooperation agreement between Celltick and GroupM has been developed for the entire Asia Pacific region - covering Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, China, Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, India, Vietnam and Indonesia. Other territories may also be added to this list based on mutual agreement. GroupM is a leading media investment operation with a total worldwide market share of 17.5 per cent. RECMA projected the company had worldwide billings of US$60.51bn in 2006. It has a global presence with 402 offices in 81 countries. About Celltick (http://www.celltick.com) Celltick Technologies Ltd., the pioneer of Active Content Marketing, has introduced a new medium into the mobile space. Its flagship product, LiveScreen(TM) Media, allows content providers and advertisers to broadcast targeted content and marketing messages to millions of mobile idle screens, turning them into a network of interactive billboards, creating a strong revenue stream for operators. Celltick cooperates with mobile operators to turn their mobile screen into a powerful revenue driver. The company has close relations with all network infrastructure companies, major SIM vendors, leading handset manufacturers and industry standard organisations, as well as global content providers and media agents. With a reach capacity of over 200 million users, LiveScreen(TM) Media-powered services have already proven the power of the idle-screen as the mobile marketing channel for active content discovery and promotion. For more than six years leading operators worldwide have been using the platform to promote mobile content and drive traffic to their data services. Today LiveScreen(TM) Media- powered services generate over 35 million monthly mobile transactions. Founded in 2000 and privately owned, Celltick is headquartered in the UK with offices in Russia, Singapore, India, Thailand and Brazil. Celltick Press Contact: Cristina Whittington Nelson Bostock Communications E: cristina.whittington@nelsonbostock.com T: +44(0)207-792-7432 M. +44(0)775-845-1665






