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AIRWIDE SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF
PETER BALCHIN AS PRESIDENT - EMEA
London, UK. - April 18, 2005 - airwide solutions, a leading global provider of innovative messaging and content delivery management solutions, today announced that Peter Balchin has been named President for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Balchin will be responsible for sales, business development and operations in EMEA. Balchin will join airwide solutions in his new capacity effective today.
"I am very pleased to announce Peter Balchin as airwide solutions' new President - EMEA", said Kevin Wood President and CEO - airwide solutions. "Peter Balchin has an extensive background in international market development and business operations; with more than 18 years in the mobile & fixed telecom networks business. I am confident that Peter will provide the leadership to enable further growth and success in EMEA."
"I am proud to be part of a company with such a strong history of innovation and quality", said Balchin. "airwide solutions is a well recognized company in EMEA. I am committed to build on this recognition and lead airwide to be a dominant messaging and content delivery player in EMEA."
Peter was recently the Managing Director of MDI, which successfully launched the European operations for a number of early stage technology companies in the fixed and mobile broadband services business. Prior to MDI, Peter held executive positions at Silicon Graphics, Motorola and Nortel where he was responsible for developing and running business operations in EMEA.
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For further information:
Nicole Gruslin or Curt van Eyck
airwide solutions
Email: nicole.gruslin@airwidesolutions.com or curt.vaneyck@airwidesolutions.com
Telephone: +1 (450) 646 4163 or +44 118 964 1781
Europe:Tanya Pedashenko
Email: tpedashenko@golinharris.com
Telephone: +44 207 067 0630
About airwide solutions
airwide solutions, headquartered in Reading, UK, was founded on July 26, 2004 following the acquisition of Schlumberger Messaging Solutions (MSG) by Taral Networks. The company provides innovative messaging and content delivery management solutions to over 75 wireless operators, content providers and aggregators around the world. airwide solutions has a rich tradition of innovation. airwide solutions sent the first commercial SMS (Short Message Service) in 1992 and deployed the first A2P (Application to Person) MMS push gateway in 2004. Core products include: SMSC, MMSC, MMS push and router gateways, Value-Added-Services (VAS) management and Intelligent Networking Applications. airwide solutions has regional offices in Canada and Australia.
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