MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in multi-service optimization solutions for mobile data networks, today announced the appointment of John Cole as vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Cole will be responsible for the company’s field operations in all of Asia except Japan, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
Cole has more than 20 years of sales, marketing, business development, and general management experience in the telecommunications industry. Before joining Bytemobile, he was senior vice president and managing director, Asia Pacific, at Tellabs, Inc. Over a five-year period, his organization achieved a cumulative sales growth rate of 100%. Prior to Tellabs, Cole spent 12 years in a succession of field operations management positions in Asia at Motorola, Inc. He holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Portland and began his career as a senior accountant at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).
"With its vast population of mobile consumers, Asia is a strategic geography for us," said Hatim Tyabji, executive chairman of Bytemobile. "Network operators throughout the region face capacity and performance challenges caused by the rapid growth of their subscriber bases. We believe that John Cole, with his many years of localized experience in various Asian country markets, will provide strong sales leadership as the region moves to 3G networks and increasingly sophisticated data services."
Gartner Dataquest estimates that total revenues for wireless data services in Asia will grow from $19.8 billion in 2006 to $35.0 billion in 2009. Morgan Stanley projects that China, India and Korea will rank first, third and ninth, respectively, among country markets for mobile services by 2010.
About Bytemobile, Inc.
Bytemobile is the global leader in optimization solutions which simplify, unify and accelerate the delivery of advanced wireless data services to mobile handsets, laptops and PDAs. Today, Bytemobile solutions are installed in the wireless networks of more than 70 carriers, which serve nearly one billion mobile subscribers in over 40 countries across Asia, North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company’s customers include leading network operators such as Astelit, China Mobile, Cingular, KPN, NTT DoCoMo, O2, Orange, PTC, PTK Centertel, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, Vodafone, and Willcom. Bytemobile is a privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, California. The company has regional sales and support offices in Bracknell, England; Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China; Singapore; and Sydney, Australia; and research and development centers in Patras, Greece; Marlborough, Massachusetts; and Champaign, Illinois. To learn more about Bytemobile, visit http://www.bytemobile.com .
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