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Voice Mobility appoints Robert Neal as Aliant's representative onBoard of Directors
VANCOUVER, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ - Voice Mobility International, Inc., (OTCBB: VMII and FWB: VMY), the developer of the Unified Communications(TM) software suite, today announced the appointment of Robert Neal to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Neal is the President of Innovatia, Aliant Inc.'s e-business incubation company that designs, develops and sells Internet-based applications for service providers worldwide. Mr. Neal will replace Colin Corey as the nominee from Aliant, one of VMII's early investors and its largest Canadian customer.
"Bob Neal brings an impressive set of credentials to our board, and will add to the diversity of our experience and viewpoints with his strong background in cellular telephony," said Randy Buchamer, Chairman of VMII's Board of Directors. "Colin made a significant contribution to the company during his time on the board and we appreciated his insights into the Internet business."
A native of Saint John, New Brunswick, Mr. Neal began his career in the communications industry in 1979 at NBTel. In 1992, he became General Manager of NBTel Mobility where he helped increase its cellular and paging customer base six-fold. He became President of Datacor (Atlantic) Inc. in 1996 and was appointed President of NBTel interActive the next year. In 1998, Mr. Neal became Vice President of Business Development, focusing on the company's export agenda. In addition to his current responsibilities as President of Innovatia, he also serves as a Director of iMagicTV and Chairman of Prexar, Aliant's U.S. Internet company, headquartered in Maine.
"We're pleased that Bob is joining our Board of Directors," added Jay Hutton, Voice Mobility's Chief Executive Officer. "With his background and contacts he'll help us continue to bring top talent to our management team. His presence on the board is also an expression of Aliant's continued commitment to Voice Mobility."
Mr. Neal's appointment maintains membership on VMII's Board of Directors at seven. He joins Mr. Hutton and VMII's President Tom O'Flaherty as well as outside directors Randy Buchamer, William Krebs, David Scott, and Morgan Sturdy.
About Innovatia
Headquartered in Atlantic Canada, Innovatia focuses on Internet-based innovations from concept to commercialization. Through its 200 highly skilled professionals, Innovatia designs, develops and sells applications to service providers worldwide. Using Internet protocol technology, Innovatia provides a variety of advanced solutions for governments, enterprises and service providers, including hosted messaging, Interactive Television, PC-TV, e- business solutions as well as Web-based knowledge services.
Innovatia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aliant Inc. (TSE:AIT), a group of advanced technology companies with a staff of 10,000 professionals who deliver full service integrated solutions through its core lines of business: wireline and wireless telecommunications, information technology, remote communications services and emerging Internet-based business solutions. From its base in Atlantic Canada, Aliant serves consumer and business customers worldwide. For more information about Innovatia, visit www.innovatia.net and for more details about Aliant, visit www.aliant.ca.
About Voice Mobility
Voice Mobility International, Inc. is the developer of its Unified Communications software suite. The suite simplifies voice, fax and email messages by collecting them in a single mailbox where they can be stored, reviewed, redirected and managed using a personal computer, wireless device or telephone. The system converts all voice and fax messages to sound or image files that can be retrieved, listened to, or viewed using any email program or service. Voice Mobility's Unified Communications software suite also includes a "Find-me Follow-me" application that makes it possible for all voice, pager and fax calls to reach a user through a single number. Voice Mobility markets its software suite to telephone companies, Internet Service Providers, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, Application Service Providers and Wireless Service Providers. For more information about Voice Mobility, visit www.voicemobility.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING (SAFE HARBOR) STATEMENT
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, future sales, product demand, growth of the unified messaging industry, competition, the effect of economic conditions and technological difficulties and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Voice Mobility International, Inc.
CO: Voice Mobility International, Inc.
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10/04/2000 08:55 EDT prnewswire.com |
