Data on Air Names Chris Callahan VP of Sales; Wireless Data Industry Veteran Will Accelerate Company's Revenue Growth Throughout the Americas.Business/Technology Editors Data on Air, Inc., a leader in creating and delivering wireless data services and technology for carriers, announced today that Christopher Callahan has joined the company as vice president of sales. In this newly created position, Callahan reports to Bill Poellmitz, president and chairman of Data on Air. Callahan will be responsible for accelerating revenue growth from wireless data carriers for Data on Air's range of hosted services and licensed software products. He will manage the company's direct sales force and also will help develop indirect sales channels and expand the company's strategic partnerships with leading technology providers in the wireless data industry. "Chris Callahan is a significant addition to our senior management team, and will help propel pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin Data on Air to the next level of market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" ," said Poellmitz. "With nearly 15 years of experience in our industry, he has a strong track record of helping technology companies meet the business needs of wireless carriers. That's exactly the capability we need to build on our success in existing markets while opening doors to new business opportunities in additional markets we're targeting." Most recently, Callahan was vice president of sales in the Americas for 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. Development, Inc., a developer of innovative telecommunications infrastructure and software products and services. Prior to that, he was senior vice president, 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. , for Premiere Technologies, a global provider of enhanced multimedia communications services. He also served as a regional vice president for MobileComm Paging, as general manager of Premier Paging and as market manager for Vanguard Cellular Vanguard Cellular was a cellular carrier formed in 1984 by Steve Leeolou, Haynes Griffin, Rich Preyor and Chuck Hagel. It was the largest independent non-wireline cellular carrier in the 1990's. . "Data on Air is the only specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. , single-source provider of comprehensive hosted services and standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. products for the wireless data industry," Callahan said. "This unique capability gives wireless carriers the means to quickly deploy differentiated WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. , SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. and 3G services to their subscribers. Already well established in Europe and Asia, wireless data services are growing in popularity in Latin and North America. I am convinced that Data on Air has the right strategy at the right time to enable this kind of market expansion, and benefit significantly itself in the process." Data on Air's Range of Services and Products for Wireless Data Carriers Data on Air provides fully-managed turnkey hosted services under its Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. Back Office(TM) suite that speeds carriers' time to market without the capital expense, support staff and training required to launch wireless data services in-house. Services offered include mobile access gateway and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or through its partnership with Openwave Systems, Inc., the world's leading WAP infrastructure supplier. Today, Data on Air has a growing customer base of a dozen carriers for its hosted services. Data on Air also offers the ProPlatform family of licensed software applications. These products can be installed as standalone applications or bundled with the company's hosted services. The lone exception to this is ProPay, which is offered only as a licensed application. The ProPlatform product set includes: -- ProPay(TM), a custom-configured product that allows carriers to offer WAP and SMS wireless data services to prepay customers -- ProTrends(TM), a trend analysis and subscriber tracking system for WAP subscriber activity -- ProVantage(TM) and ProVantage Plus(TM), for microbrowser personalization and content directory services, respectively, and -- ProVision(TM), a subscriber provisioning and activation tool. About Data on Air Data on Air, Inc. is a technology company that helps wireless carriers successfully grow their wireless data businesses. The firm sells turnkey hosted services and innovative licensed software that assist carriers in streamlining the operation and speed to market of WAP, SMS and 3G offerings. Data on Air is the leading provider of hosted services for wireless data carriers, with customers throughout North, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . For more information, visit www.dataonair.com or email at info@dataonair.com. Data on Air, Mobile Internet Back Office, ProLific, ProPay, ProTrends, ProVantage and ProVision are trademarks of Data on Air, Inc. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. |
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