For Immediate Release
SMS.AC INKS DEAL TO PROVIDE
MOBILE RESEARCH TO FORCENINE
CONSULTING AND THE
WIRELESS WONK SHOW IN 2005
SMS.ac
Announced as New Sponsor of
Weekly Wireless Wonk Web
Showgram
SAN DIEGO and Washington, D.C.- December 17, 2004 -
SMS.ac, Inc., the wireless data communications
company that is tagged by analyst firm IDC as one of “10
Emerging Wireless Players to Watch” in 2005, today announced a sponsorship
arrangement with ForceNine Consulting and its wireless industry-related webcast
show, The Wireless Wonk (www.wirelesswonk.net).
Throughout
2004, SMS.ac (www.sms.ac)
provided ForceNine Consulting
with research statistics
garnered from daily surveys of
its global mobile audience. That
research, which focused largely
on the consumer behavior
attitudes of mobile phone users
around the globe, was featured
in periodic Wireless Wonk shows.
To view a recent Wireless Wonk
show that featured an interview
with one of SMS.ac’s executives,
click on the 10/29 posting
titled “Greg Wilfahrt” at
http://www.forcenine.net/ww/archives.html.
The SMS.ac
sponsorship agreement with
ForceNine Consulting stipulates
that SMS.ac will continue to
provide industry statistics for
use on Wireless Wonk shows
through June 2005.
"We are
proud to welcome SMS.ac as a new
sponsor to our show," stated
Andrew Roscoe, also know as ‘The
Wireless Wonk’ and Partner with
ForceNine Consulting. "SMS.ac
quickly established itself as
the global leader in mobile
messaging and in wireless
communities. SMS.ac is one of
the most exciting rising starts
in the wireless industry today.
By sponsoring the Wireless Wonk,
they are also playing a key
industry leadership role through
support of our web broadcasts of
news, views, and interviews to
the wireless community."
“ForceNine
Consulting and The Wireless Wonk
show have proven themselves to
be far ahead of the curve in
terms of insightful reporting of
developments within the wireless
industry,” said Michael Pousti,
chairman and chief executive
officer of SMS.ac. “SMS.ac is
proud to join the CTIA and RCR
Wireless News as Wireless Wonk
sponsors.”
To receive
SMS.ac press releases via email,
register at
prsubscribe@corp.sms.ac. You
may unsubscribe from this
service by sending an email to
prunsubscribe@corp.sms.ac.
About ForceNine Consulting
ForceNine Consulting is a
high-level consulting firm
providing financial, management,
technical and strategic planning
services to the
telecommunications industry.
With a focus on the $15 billion
wireless broadband sector,
particularly WiFi and 2.5G/3G,
ForceNine Consulting provides
market research, due diligence,
strategic planning, industry
intelligence, technology support
and publications. The firm’s
financial service offerings
include valuations, mergers and
acquisitions support, and
turn-around assistance. With
more than 20 years experience in
the telecom industry, ForceNine
Consulting’s analyst and sector
experts’ skill sets include
certified appraisers, former
industry CEOs, Ph.D.s,
engineers, research analysts and
entrepreneurs.
About SMS.ac
SMS.ac, Inc. is a mobile
data communications company
whose proprietary MMSbox
technology enables the exchange
of text (SMS) and multimedia
(MMS) mobile communications
across any technology platform
and renders them deliverable to
virtually any enabled wireless
device. A demonstration of
MMSbox technology is available
at www.sms.ac. With more than 10
million registered users in 170
countries, SMS.ac is host to the
largest community of mobile
phone users in the world. The
Company offers connectivity to
more than 400 mobile networks
worldwide. Through its core
MMSboxTM technologies, SMS.ac,
Inc. enables interoperable,
worldwide wireless interaction
between network operators, the
Internet, enterprises, consumers
and application/content
developers. Through its global
initiatives, SMS.ac is igniting
the widespread adoption and use
of wireless data.
SMS.ac
derives revenues from shared
revenue relationships with
mobile operators around the
world, as well as from mobile
marketing campaigns, technology
licensing, subscriptions,
sponsorships and other streams.
SMS.ac's consumer site (www.sms.ac)
is an example of the brandable
web interfaces to MMSboxTM
technologies available for
licensing. To view the SMS.ac
corporate web site, visit
www.sms.ac/corporate.
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Contact:
Dorothy Salmon
Co-Producer, The Wireless Wonk
ForceNine Consulting
202-221-6870
Greg
Wilfahrt -Executive Vice
President & Co-founder
SMS.ac, Inc.
+1 (619) 696-7300
prcomm@corp.sms.ac
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