Founder of Bytemobile EMEA joins Acision as Executive Vice President Marketing and Market Developme

Chris Jenkins joins market leading messaging and charging company, Acision.

[ClickPress, Mon Dec 10 2007] Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide, today announces the appointment of Chris Jenkins as Executive Vice President Marketing & Market Development, with Jenkins assuming the position immediately. In his new role Jenkins will be responsible for Acision’s marketing strategy, global communications and market development.

Jenkins joins Acision from Openwave, where he was VP Commercial Development, having previously founded data services consultancy TractionPoint and network solutions company Bytemobile EMEA. With over 12 years international experience Jenkins’ key responsibilities have focused on business development, proposition development and launching products and brands in the EMEA and Asia.

Rory Buckley, Chief Executive for Acision commented: “Chris comes to Acision as the business continues to establish its brand to maintain a leading status, and will help the company further improve its position in the market and drive greater revenues. His experience leading businesses across EMEA and helping to establish new brands in Europe and Asia will benefit Acision as we continue to expand our global footprint.”

Chris Jenkins commented: “The telecoms industry is constantly evolving and it is important that Acision grows with the industry and continues as the undisputed leader in messaging and charging. As next generation messaging develops Acision is constantly looking ahead with our open IP based architecture to improve performance without limits, enabling new and converged services. With this in mind, I am looking forward to enabling the development of a customer focused culture, building upon Acision’s competitive advantage in the market.”

About Acision
Acision is the messaging and charging company of choice for more than 300 network operators and service providers, supporting over one and a half billion customers worldwide. With over 50% of global text and multimedia messaging traffic generated through its platforms, Acision’s mobile data services expertise includes text messaging, multimedia messaging, IP messaging, mobile internet, mobile advertising, IP voicemail and IP videomail. Acision’s payment systems have processed more than US $100 billion, providing sophisticated real-time charging and removing the boundaries between prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. Helping operators to grow their mobile data revenues for over 43 years, Acision has a detailed understanding of what it takes to bring innovative services to full mass market adoption.

Privately owned by an equity consortium led by Atlantic Bridge Ventures and Access Industries, Acision is a half billion dollar company, working with customers in 135 countries across six continents. More information is available at www.acision.com

Press contacts
Kevin Walters
Marketing Executive, North America
Tel: +1 972 246 5404
Email: kevin.walters@acision.com

Todd Van Hoosear
Topaz Partners
Tel: + 1 781-404-2409
Email: acision@topazpartners.com

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