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Mobile Industry Veteran Jay Emmet Appointed General Manager of OpenMarket
2008-08-14 05:00:00
Emmet Brings More than 15 Years of Industry Expertise to New Leadership
Role
SEATTLE, Aug. 14 /EMWNews/ -- OpenMarket Inc., a premier provider of
mobile messaging and financial payment processing systems for direct-to-
consumer (D2C) mobile commerce, today announced that Jay Emmet has been
appointed as general manager of OpenMarket.
Emmet has more than 15 years of wireless industry and mobile channel
experience. He has strong, established relationships with major mobile
operators, media companies and content providers. Emmet is an active member
of the mobile community, previously serving on the board of the Mobile
Marketing Association (MMA) and was vice chairman of the Executive
Committee.
Prior to joining OpenMarket, Emmet was president-Americas at mBlox
where he led the successful market launch of premium SMS services into the
U.S. consumer markets. Additionally, he has held leadership positions at
ATG, New Edge Networks and Light Networks.
OpenMarket gives consumers a safer and more consistent experience in
purchasing off-deck mobile content. Modeled after large scale commerce
systems like credit card processing and similar clearing house systems,
OpenMarket enables mobile content providers to reach more than 98 percent
of U.S. mobile subscribers through its service provider connections, more
than any other aggregator in the market.
About OpenMarket
OpenMarket is the only complete messaging and financial system for
mobile commerce, and the provider of choice for companies looking to
reliably sell premium digital content directly to consumers. OpenMarket
provides an innovative and powerful suite of on-demand services from a
trusted industry expert enabling the largest consumer brands to the
smallest enterprises to rapidly and cost effectively launch their product
offers and promotions in the mobile channel. OpenMarket provides the most
direct network operator connections in the U.S. market today. OpenMarket is
a business of Amdocs. Visit http://www.openmarket.com for more information.
About Amdocs
Amdocs is the market leader in customer experience systems innovation,
enabling world-leading service providers to deliver an integrated,
innovative and intentional customer experience(TM) at every point of
service. Amdocs provides solutions that deliver customer experience
excellence, combining the software, service and expertise to help its
customers execute their strategies and achieve service, operational and
financial excellence. A global company with revenue of $2.84 billion in
fiscal 2007, Amdocs has more than 17,000 employees and serves customers in
more than 50 countries around the world. For more information, visit Amdocs
at http://www.amdocs.com.
Amdocs Forward-Looking Statement
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about Amdocs' growth and business results in future quarters. Although we
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limited to, the effects of general economic conditions, Amdocs' ability to
grow in the business segments it serves, adverse effects of market
competition, rapid technological shifts that may render the Company's
products and services obsolete, potential loss of a major customer, our
ability to develop long-term relationships with our customers, and risks
associated with operating businesses in the international market. Amdocs
may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the
future, however the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.
These and other risks are discussed at greater length in the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007,
filed on December 3, 2007, and in our quarterly 6-K furnished on February
11, May 6 and August 11, 2008.
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