BridgePort Networks Rounds out Management Team; Announces Advisory Board, David Hose to Board of Directors and Key New Hires.CHICAGO -- BridgePort Networks, the leader in mobile to IP convergence Using the Internet Protocol (IP) as the standard transport for transmitting all information (voice, data, music, video, TV, teleconferencing, etc.). See IP, IP on Everything and IP Multimedia Subsystem. for enabling mobile calls to roam between mobile and IP networks, announced three key moves today to round out the leadership team: an advisory board with leading members from enterprise, wireless technology and international market development; the appointment of David Hose, senior vice president and chief development officer of Openwave Systems to the Board of Directors; and three new management hires: Karl Freter as Vice President of Product Management, Glen Schmid as Director of Mobile Solutions; and Inder Singh In the death of hockey Olympian Inder Singh, who breathed his last in Italy on August 19, 2001 at the age of 56, India lost a versatile sportsman who not only inspired youngsters back home with his dazzling stickwork but also motivated youngsters to take up hockey overseas. as Chief Handset Architect. "BridgePort continues to deepen deep·en tr. & intr.v. deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens To make or become deep or deeper. deepen Verb to make or become deeper or more intense Verb 1. and broaden the strongest leadership team in the networks convergence space." said Mike Mulica, Chief Executive Officer and President of BridgePort, "As we prepare for international expansion with leading service providers around the world, our expanded team will be ideally positioned to manage the coming tornado tornado, dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and where it reaches the earth causes great destruction. growth in SIP based fixed-mobile convergence." BridgePort Networks Advisory Board Members of the BridgePort Advisory team have been selected to provide insight into specific areas of expertise. The team will provide recommendations on the company's business focus and strategy. The members include: --Jeff Damir, Seven Networks, Vice President Business Development, previously General Manager Client Products Group at Openwave --Tom Marcin, Fortune 100 Company, Director of Global Telecommunications --Chuck Parrish, WAP Forum (Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Mountain View, CA, www.wapforum.org) An organization founded in 1997 to promote a wireless standard for smartphones and mobile terminals. In 2002, it merged into the Open Mobile Alliance. See OMA and WAP. Founder and first Chairman --John Petrillo, previously at AT&T, Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy/Business Development --Dr. Mehmet Unsoy, previously mm02 Vice President Chief Wireless Architect David Hose Joins Board of Directors David Hose, a noted leader in the wireless industry, and currently senior vice president and chief development officer at Openwave, has joined the Board of Directors. Mr. Hose was previously founder and Chief Executive Officer of Signalsoft, a pioneer in the development of location based services for mobile phones - and guided Signalsoft through its venture funding, subsequent IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. and acquisition by Openwave. New Hires In addition, three new management hires have recently strengthened the company's leadership team: --Karl Freter joins as Vice President of Product Management with a technical management background in wireless data and switching platforms at ByteMobile as Chief Architect, founder of Cambia Networks, and stints at 3Com and AT&T. --Glen Schmid joins as Director of Mobile Solutions. His experience in telecommunications includes: Kineto Wireless, SS8 Networks and Ericsson. --Inder Singh joins as Principal Client Software Architect, whose wireless career includes technical management positions with Via Technologies, Widcomm, Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets and AT&T Bell Labs. About BridgePort Networks BridgePort Networks(TM) is leading the seamless convergence of mobile and Voice over IP services. Using roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. technology, the core product, NomadicONE(TM), extends single identity mobile phone number services over IP access networks, including cable, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and Wi-Fi. NomadicONE's open systems architecture enables a broad ecosystem of end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. that improve the quality, coverage and cost of mobile service delivery. BridgePort Networks is headquartered in Chicago, with an R&D facility in Cambridge, MA. More information is available at www.bridgeport-networks.com. |
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