Roamware Appoints Scott Fox as Chairman of the Board; Wireless Industry Veteran Brings More Than 23 Years' Experience to Leading Provider of Enhanced Mobile Roaming Solutions.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2002 Roamware Inc. (www.roamwareinc.com), a leading provider of enhanced voice and data roaming solutions for mobile operators worldwide, today announced that the company has appointed 23-year wireless industry veteran Scott Fox Scott Fox (born 28 June 1987 from Airdrie, Scotland) is a footballer who currently plays in the Celtic youth team. He has been a part of the Scottish under-19 national football team, in the U-19 European Championships. as chairman of the board. "Scott brings an extensive background to Roamware, particularly in working with mobile operators worldwide to deploy next-generation networks and solutions," said Mohan Uttarwar, chief executive officer, president and member of the board of directors for Roamware. "His track record of building successful companies from the ground up combined with his relationships with mobile operators and vendors throughout the GSM community adds another dimension to our outstanding board. "We look forward to Scott's input and expertise as we expand our solutions to additional markets across the globe, and are confident that his vast experience will further enhance the success of our business." "As Roamware's chairman of the board, I'm excited to be working with such a distinguished group whose potential is boundless for providing operators with new revenue-generating services," said Fox. "I look forward to providing further guidance and leadership to an already strong board, and believe that Roamware is on the fast track to further expanding its service offerings to leading operators across the globe." Currently group president for Wireless Facilities Inc. (WFI WFI Wide Field Imager WFI Water For Injection WFI Wireless Facilities Inc. WFI Workforce Florida, Inc. WFI WaterFurnace International WFI Wraparound Fidelity Index WFI Water For Irrigation WFI Washington Food Industry (Olympia, WA) ), Fox is a key part of the senior executive team, which led WFI to an extremely successful 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. in 1999, and has been instrumental in developing and driving the company's international expansion. He is also chairman emeritus and a member of the board of the global GSM Association (GSM Association, Dublin, Ireland, www.gsmworld.com) A membership association founded in 1987 that promotes the development and evolution of the GSM communications standard worldwide. , which is the world's leading wireless industry body consisting of more than 600 GSM network operators, satellite operators, manufacturers and suppliers, and regulators and administrative bodies. Prior to joining WFI, Fox was vice president of strategy and chief technology officer for BellSouth where he was responsible for all technology aspects of the company's wireless business. He was also responsible for strategy, product and services development and delivery, industry technical standards, managing intellectual property, and the determination of wireless investment opportunities for the company. Fox has published numerous articles, is a frequently invited speaker at industry forums and conferences, and serves as an adviser and director for numerous companies within the telecommunications and venture capital industries. In addition to Fox and Uttarwar, the Roamware board of directors includes Craig Ehrlich, executive board member and former group managing director of SUNDAY Communications Ltd.; David Kaplan David Kaplan is the name of:
Roamware's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Roamware Service Delivery System (SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. ), provides the core technology for the design and deployment of a suite of converged voice, messaging and data roaming services targeted at the needs of specific subscriber segments. Roamware SDS enables operators to drive ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. by providing them with an innovative and future-proofed technology for addressing the challenges associated with deploying rich and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. roaming services. About Roamware Roamware enables mobile operators to design and deploy a new generation of cost-optimizing and revenue-generating services with an attractive ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). promise, leading to increased profitability, reduced churn and strategic competitive differentiation. These new generation services are built around a core technology footprint called the Roamware Service Delivery System (SDS), which allows operators to unify critical subscriber information for design and deployment of intelligent personalized services. Roamware SDS is designed to work seamlessly on 2G and 2.5G networks with a future-proofed evolution to support 3G networks. The company's initial suite of services, built on Roamware SDS, are focused on addressing the problem of acquiring and retaining roamers, driving ARPU from roaming via new services, and optimizing operational costs while delivering enhanced roaming services. They enable operators to attract and retain roamers via differentiated services Offerings that can be classified by type, or quality, of service. For example, a differentiated services network could prioritize real time traffic for a higher fee. , leading to increased high-margin roaming revenues. Roamware's executive and engineering leadership consists of experienced visionaries from the telecommunications industry. The company has headquarters in Cupertino with its European office in Brussels, Belgium and Asian office in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. with a global development center in Mumbai, India. |
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