Mobile devices and smart phones are increasingly popular for reading news. Last week, Ilta-Sanomat, Finland's biggest mobile service by far, reached a milestone: the amount of readers exceeded 600,000 mobile visitors. The total number was as high as 631,000 (week 35, TNS Gallup).For comparison, the same figure last year was 315,000. The growth has continued steadily but mobile use became more frequent in the summer months in particular."Our readers want to read the latest news 24/7 anywhere – with mobile platforms, we can serve our readers better," says Tapio Sadeoja, publisher and senior editor-in-chief of IS.In addition to the mobile site m.iltasanomat.fi has also published news apps for different devices. The most important ones are Windows Phone, Android and Apple iOS. New mobile features have been and are continuously introduced in services. Examples include rain radar and news alerts of the main headlines of the day.The mobile platform will be an increasingly important element of the IS media offering. According to Timo Rinne, commercial director of IS online, the growth pace of mobile use will continue to be at least as equally intense in the months to come."IS is likely to have more than one million mobile users before summer 2013," says Rinne.Advertisers have also found their way to mobile marketing. Rinne says that mobile platforms provides good attention value and context for advertising."Our customers' experiences of campaigns in our mobile services have been very positive."Additional information:Timo Rinne, commercial director, online Ilta-Sanomat, tel. 040-571 3634Tapio Sadeoja, publisher and senior editor-in-chief Ilta-Sanomat, tel. +358 9 122 3400Sanoma News is the leading newspaper publisher in Finland, and its products in both print and digital format have a strong presence in the lives of their readers. In addition to Helsingin Sanomat, the largest daily in the Nordic region, the division publishes Ilta-Sanomat, Finland’s largest quality tabloid and Taloussanomat, the number one digital financial media, as well as