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Using their mobile phones, Japanese users can now enjoy original Santa Claus colour photos and drawings from Finnish Lapland [14.12.01]

Finnish Christmas content provider Joulupukki TV Oy and the Japanese mobile solutions and content provider CYBIRD Co. Ltd. start a new Christmas mobile greeting cards service.

Europe's leading provider of Christmas-related content Joulupukki TV Oy (CEO Mr. Bernard Giry, Head Office: Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi, Finland) and CYBIRD Co. Ltd. (President and CEO Kazutomo Robert Hori, Head Office: Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo), a prominent mobile solution provider, are offering original Santa Claus content to Japanese mobile phone users.

The service started on the 10th December 2001. CYBIRD offers its customers using i-mode, J-phone and EZ web services the possibility of sending mobile greetings cards containing photos and drawings of Santa Claus living in Finnish Lapland. The greeting cards contain a short message from Santa Claus. Depending on the mobile phone model, the colour picture can also be saved as a wallpaper.

i-mode, J-Sky and EZ web users can find this service at the following address http://www.mycybird.com.

Joulupukki TV, based in Santa's cave on the Arctic Circle, is very happy to offer Japanese mobile phone users a breath of Christmas spirit from Lapland. Working with Cybird, the leading mobile solutions and content provider, offers us a unique opportunity to present content about the original Finnish Santa Claus to the large Japanese audiences, says Bernard Giry, the CEO of the company.

CYBIRD Co. Ltd.

CYBIRD provides total solutions for mobile Internet web design and system consulting. CYBIRD's expertise includes planning, system development, operation, maintenance and management for services tailored for Internet enabled mobile phones and terminals. http://www.cybird.co.jp.

Joulupukki TV

Joulupukki TV ("Joulupukki" means Santa Claus in Finnish) is Europe's leading provider of Christmas-related digital content. The company, based at SantaPark, Santa's cave, on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland produces television programs, mobile entertainment content, and Santa Claus' Internet television channel at http://www.santatelevision.com.


Additional information:

Joulupukki TV Oy (Ltd)
Mr. Tommi LAPPALAINEN
Deputy CEO
Address: FIN-96930 Arctic Circle
Tel. +358 (0)16 311 445
GSM: +358 40 835 14 28
E-mail: santatelevision@santatelevision.com


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