AIRWIDE SOLUTIONS DRIVES GROWTH INTO SOUTHERN EMEA

London, UK, 17 November 2005 - airwide solutions, a global leader in providing mobile infrastructure software to enable, enhance and ensure mobile communications for wireless operators, today announced further expansion of its European sales management team with the appointment of Ellen Chambers as Director of Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa

airwide solutions offers pioneering solutions for mobile messaging, device management and mobile security to help mobile operators to increase revenues and reduce costs with mobile data. In her new role, Chambers will continue to support airwide solutions' customers and to develop the Southern EMEA region, where the messaging business is expected to grow rapidly over the next five years. She will also help mobile operators to better understand their device portfolio and manage it more effectively. Mobile operators need a comprehensible solution that not only provides seamless phone configuration and updates, but provides a wealth of information on device capabilities and usage to improve service delivery.airwide solutions has developed a holistic device management solution and stands ready to assist mobile operators in their device management challenges.
"airwide has tripled its sales force in the EMEA region over the past six months as operators in the region gear up for increased messaging growth in the immediate future," said Peter Balchin, president of the EMEA region for airwide. "Ellen Chambers offers an unrivalled knowledge of all aspects of the telecommunications industry, from product development and implementation to sales at a European level, and she will be able to provide insight to our emerging focus on device management and new application-to-person message delivery services."

Chambers has wide-ranging experience in sales, sales management, marketing and technical support of telecommunication solutions. Previously in VMX and Octel Communications, she managed voice-messaging sales via the Italtel Telematica and Ericsson Europe-wide sales channels. Then in Lucent Technologies Italy she was global account manager, selling the whole portfolio of operator network infrastructure solutions to Tiscali Group. Most recently she was at Covansys, where she sold professional services for intelligent network solutions for major European service providers. Chambers is originally from the United States and has lived and worked in Italy since 1991. She holds an MBA degree from the University of Dallas. With airwide she will continue to be located in Italy.

ENDS

About airwide solutions

airwide solutions is a global leader in providing mobile infrastructure software to enable, enhance and ensure mobile communications for more than 70 wireless operators worldwide. Founded in July 2004 from the merger of Schlumberger Messaging Solutions and Taral Networks, airwide solutions has a rich tradition of innovation. airwide solutions sent the first commercial SMS (short message service) in 1992 and deployed the first A2P (application-to-person) MMS push gateway in 2004. Core products include: SMSC, MMSC, tools to improve premium messaging delivery, device management, handset fraud prevention solutions and anti-spam and anti-spoofing solutions. airwide solutions has regional offices in England, Canada, Australia and the United States.

For more information, please visit www.airwidesolutions.com.

For further information:

Nicole Gruslin
airwide solutions
Email: nicole.gruslin@airwidesolutions.com
Telephone: 1 (450) 646 4163
Mobile: 1 (514) 581 1373

Europe:
Lisa Popplewell or Molly McDonagh
Email: lpopplewell@golinharris.com or mmcdonagh@golinharris.com
Telephone: +44 207 067 0631 or +44 207 067 0624