MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 19 /PRNewswire/ --
Bytemobile, Inc., the global leader in mobile internet solutions for network operators, today announced the appointment of Hugh Barton as vice president and general manager, North America. Barton will be responsible for all of the company's sales activities and customer relationships in the United States and Canada.
According to Chetan Sharma Consulting, the U.S. wireless data market grew 40% year over year in the second quarter of 2008, reaching US$8.2 billion in total revenue. Bytemobile's current customers in North America include leading network operators such as ATT, Alltel and Sprint Nextel.
With more than 260 million wireless subscribers in the U.S. alone, North America is a strategic geography for us, said Hatim Tyabji, executive chairman of Bytemobile. Network operators throughout the region have experienced a surge in mobile data usage, creating new requirements for smart optimization and traffic control and new opportunities for customized data services. As a seasoned veteran of the telecommunications industry, Hugh Barton is well-suited to lead Bytemobile's North American sales and services organization in delivering innovative solutions which enable our customers to cost-effectively meet consumer demand for the Mobile Internet.
Hugh Barton has over 20 years of management experience in sales, business development, marketing, strategic planning, and consulting. Before joining Bytemobile, he was vice president of North America Sales, Global Commercial Industries, at Unisys Corporation, where he was responsible for strategic accounts such as ATT, Sprint, Verizon, Cox, and Comcast. Previously, he held several management positions at Hewlett-Packard Company, including managing director, BT Alliance, responsible for HP's relationship with British Telecom.
Barton also served in the Information, Communications and Entertainment Practice at KPMG Consulting and the Communications Industry Group at Accenture. As a partner at Washington Equity Partners, he structured private equity transactions for wireless telecommunications companies in emerging markets. Barton holds a M.B.A. degree from the College of William Mary and a B.A. degree in History from the University of Virginia, and is certified as a Chartered Director by the U.K. Institute of Directors.
About Bytemobile, Inc.
Bytemobile is a tier-one provider of integrated mobile internet solutions which enable wireless network operators to deliver value-added data services to consumers on mass-market cellular phones, feature phones, smartphones, and laptops. Bytemobile(R) solutions are installed in the networks of 100 operators in 54 countries and 12 of the world's top 15 tier-one operators. Customers include ATT, China Mobile, China Unicom, KDDI, KPN, Orange, Orascom, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia Mobile, Telefonica O2, TeliaSonera, Vodafone, and WILLCOM. Bytemobile is a privately held company with regional sales and support offices in Wokingham, U.K.; Dubai, U.A.E.; Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China; Singapore; and Sydney, Australia; and research and development centers in Mountain View, California; Patras, Greece; Champaign, Illinois; and Belfast, Northern Ireland. To learn more about Bytemobile, visit the company's website at http://www.bytemobile.com.
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Stacey Infantino, Public Relations Manager of Bytemobile, Inc., +1-650-641-7655, sinfantino@bytemobile.com
