Authentix adds Moore, Newport to board.TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1996--Authentix Network Inc., the roaming fraud prevention company, has added two highly regarded executives to its board of directors. Roger H. Moore, president and chief executive officer of Independent Telecommunications Network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. and US Intelco, which recently merged, brings 30 years of management experience in telecommunications and information technology, including assignments in marketing, sales, engineering, data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a , strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and alliancing, and national and international business development. ITN ITN n abbr (Brit) (= Independent Television News) → chaîne de télévision commerciale ITN (Brit) n abbr (TV) (= Independent Television News) → and US Intelco provide advanced Signaling System 7 connectivity, database, message aggregation, and intelligent network services to more than 1,000 local, interexchange, and wireless telecommunications providers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Prior to his present position, he served in a number of executive capacities with Northern Telecom, including vice president - Major Accounts, and president - Northern Telecom Japan. From 1981 through 1987, Moore served in senior management positions with AT&T, including president - AT&T Canada. Also named to the Authentix board is William M. Newport, who adds some 40 years of telecommunications management experience. He retired from Bell Atlantic Corp. in 1992, where he was a member of the office of the chairman. As vice president - strategic planning, he was responsible for corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and business development. Newport played a major role in developing the cellular telecommunications industry in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Prior to joining Bell Atlantic, when it was formed in 1983 as a result of the AT&T divestiture, he was chief executive officer of AT&T's cellular business. In that position, he established regional Bell cellular companies that currently account for more than half of the U.S. cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. industry. Prior to that assignment, Newport was the AT&T marketing officer responsible for its $25 billion product line for business customers. Authentix Chief Executive Officer Mal Gurian said Authentix is "thrilled to have these two very talented executives bring their experience and leadership to our company. Bill Newport knows the wireless industry as few others do, and Roger Moore
Authentix, "the roaming fraud prevention company," was formed in 1995 to provide the wireless industry with a national platform to prevent roaming fraud through verification of wireless communications devices and their users. CONTACT: Authentix Network Inc., Tucson Randy Asselin, 520/745-2516 |
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