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Purple Labs, a leading supplier of embedded Linux solutions for the wireless industry, announced today the appointment of Simon Wilkinson as chief executive officer of the company.
Previously Wilkinson was founder and CEO of Magic4, a market leading provider of messaging solutions to wireless terminal manufacturers. He took Magic4 through all stages of development, from venture [...]

Acision today announces the appointment of recognised industry stalwart Rory Buckley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide, was formed in June 2007 following the purchase of LogicaCMG’s Telecoms Products division for £265m (US $525m) by a consortia led by [...]

Bubble Motion, providers of Voice SMS product BubbleTalk, have appointed Tom Clayton as CEO and President with immediate effect.
According to the company, Clayton – previously the Worldwide General Manager for BEA Systems’ Telecom business – was appointed to the role based on his track record of success across a number of high profile leadership roles [...]

Intelligent SMS routing experts Telsis have today announced two key appointments to the board as it prepares for a major development and expansion programme.
Simon Brown, chief executive officer and Pax Andersson, group sales director, join with extensive experience of growing high-technology companies.
UK headquartered Telsis invented and was first to market with Intelligent SMS routing (ISR) [...]

News in from interactive mobile specialists Dialogue. They’ve just appointed ex-Orange UK Head of Support Operations Steve Lovell to the team as Head of Technical Servies.
Steve, 35, from Leeds, was responsible for multimedia technical operations and services. More recently, at BT his role as Service Operations Centre Manager, involved overseeing technical support teams responsible for all live [...]

Link: BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair gets to grips with mobiles
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has taken one of the biggest steps in his new career since leaving office last month – by learning how to use text messaging.
Speaking to a Labour Party fundraising events, he admitted he’s only just got the hang [...]

Link: Doug Richard: Exit the dragon – Independent Online Edition > Profiles
 But Richard, an American who has lived in the UK for five years, has high hopes that Hotxt can become a seriously big business. The start-up has already secured nearly £4m in funding, and its founder believes it can be a big hit with [...]