Released on: September 23, 2008, 3:28 am

Press Release Author: Michael O'Brien / Openmind Networks

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: The North American market is witnessing unprecedented growth
in its messaging traffic volumes and as a result carriers are looking for robust and
scalable solutions that not only meet their current SMS capacity needs but also
provide a platform for future subscriber growth and the addition of new services.

Press Release Body: Alex Duncan, CEO of Openmind Networks today announced the
opening of a sales office to serve the messaging needs of wireless carriers in the
North American market. As the recognized market leader in the supply of messaging
solutions to the North American wholesale carrier market, the timing is right to
open a dedicated sales office for the wireless carrier market.

Bill Ezell has been appointed VP North American sales. Bill is a successful sales
and marketing professional and business leader with 28 years experience in high
technology markets. Bill is also the CEO and founder of CSG (Client Success Group)
which was established to help organizations evaluate, build and sustain revenue
growth practices utilizing the unique methodologies, tools, and business development
services which CSG provides for organizations of all sizes.

Commenting on the opening of the office and appointment of Bill Ezell, Alex Duncan
observed that "the North American office is just the next logical step in a growing
global presence for Openmind Networks. Establishing a dedicated sales presence will
be our gateway to the North American marketplace. Building on the success of our
wholesale carrier business, an office in North America gives us the opportunity to
be closer to our clients and also respond quickly to the needs of the wireless
carriers."



“I am delighted to join Openmind Networks and represent a team of renowned messaging
industry experts whose suite of telecom products handles billions of messages on a
daily basis,” said Ezell. “Openmind Networks, with its next generation messaging
system for wireless carriers, has long been recognized as a leader in the industry,
and I am already demonstrating its potential to the wireless carrier community in
North America.”

Openmind Networks, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and with sales and support
offices in Czech Republic, Dubai, Germany and the United States of America is the
emerging leader in Next Generation Messaging Systems. Our flagship product, Traffic
Control, with a suite of product extensions (Profile, Protect and Adapt), is a
multi-protocol messaging router supporting SMS, MMS, IM and IMS. Openmind Networks
has one of the most highly knowledgeable teams in the messaging industry and has
extensive experience of deploying systems throughout the world in all wireless
technologies. Customers in four continents use Openmind Networks products to provide
services to hundreds of millions of wireless subscribers.

Traffic Control has been designed by Openmind Networks to provide intelligent inter-
and intra-operator message routing for SMS, MMS and IMS services in a telecom
network. Openmind Networks has developed a suite of product extensions that extend
the underlying capabilities of Traffic Control to address key business areas
including spam and privacy protection, personalized service support and adaptation
to standard compliant application servers.


Web Site: http://www.openmindnetworks.com/news/newsitem.aspx?NewsID=29

Contact Details: Michael O’Brien
VP Marketing
4 Westland Square
Pearse Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
t: +353 87 244 10 44
e: michael.obrien@openmindnetworks.com
www.openmindnetworks.com


Bill Ezell
VP N. America Sales
bill.ezell@openmindnetworks.com
www.openmindnetworks.com
office: +1 408 531 1907
mobile: +1 408 807 0917
skype: bezellcsg