Mobile Industry Veteran Jay Emmet Appointed General Manager of OpenMarket
August 14 2008 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Emmet Brings More than 15 Years of Industry Expertise to New
Leadership Role SEATTLE, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 This press
release includes information that constitutes forward-looking
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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
statements about Amdocs' growth and business results in future
quarters. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions,
we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or
that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve
risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ
from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not 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. DATASOURCE:
OpenMarket Inc. CONTACT: Garland Harwood, Weber Shandwick for
Amdocs, +1-212-445-8373, Web site: http://www.openmarket.com/
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