CLARENT: Clarent continues to strengthen its
presence in Europe
March 11, 1999
St. Albans (London), United Kingdom, M2
PRESSWIRE via NewsEdge Corporation : * Clarent
increases European focus with further strategic
appointments and regional offices
Clarent Corporation, the worldwide leader in
carrier-grade, phone-to-phone IP telephony
solutions, has announced further plans to strengthen
its position in Europe through the establishment of
additional regional sales offices and a number of
strategic appointments. Clarent's initiative to focus
on developing local European presence is
spearheaded by Chris Wyles, recently appointed
Vice President of Clarent for Europe and Managing
Director of European, Middle East and African
Operations.
"Europe is fast becoming a strong market for IP
Telephony," commented Wyles. "Clarent's strategy
from the start has been to expand sales successes
to additional PTTs, traditional and new carriers, and
long distance alliance companies and this can only
be achieved by working closely within the different
regions in Europe". He added, "We believe
approximately 60% of the world's IP telephony traffic
is presently passing through Clarent technology,
and that we are in the best position to provide the
major carriers and service providers with the means
to deliver attractive Voice over IP services to
consumer and enterprise customers today".
This announcement also comes shortly after the
appointment of Paul Schillebeekx, Area Vice
President
- Northern Europe and Benelux, to head the Belgium
office and Denis Murphy, Area Vice President -
United Kingdom, and serves to add significant force
to Clarent's European sales and support services.
Clarent's new European Headquarters in St.Albans,
25 miles from central London, will operate as the
hub of European sales and marketing activity and a
central point of management for all other European
offices, including three additional premises in
Athens, Madrid and Nurnberg.
Operating from the new South European regional
office based in Athens will be Lorenzo Stella,
telecommunications consultant and respected IT
industry figure. Mr. Stella will co-ordinate sales and
marketing activity in Greece and Italy as the new
Area Vice President - South Mediterranean Region.
Lorenzo Stella joins Clarent from Glenayre
Electronics, global provider of voice mail and prepaid
telecom services, where he held the positions of
Sales Manager Southern Europe and
Telecommunications Consultant. Prior to this he
was deputy managing director of Stet Hellas, the
first mobile operator in Greece (a sister company of
Telecom Italia). bringing with him a total of 22 years
experience in telecommunications and technology
roles.
Dr. Juan Carlos de Vicente Hurtado has been
selected as Area Vice President - Western
Mediterranean Region, with a primary responsibility
to manage operations for Clarent in Spain and
Portugal from the newly established Madrid office.
Dr. de Vicente Hurtado brings with him over 15
years experience in general management, sales,
marketing and business development in the
telecommunications and computer technology
industries. Before joining Clarent, Dr. de Vicente
Hurtado was General Manager for Lucent
Technologies Octel Communications S.A.,
worldwide telecommunications manufacturer and
provider of voice mail, prepaid, intelligent networks
and enhanced services, having previously held a
number of senior management positions at telecom
consultancy and IT companies.
Jurgen Salzmann, Clarent's recently appointed Area
Vice President of Sales - Central European Region,
will head the Nurnberg office in Germany. Mr.
Salzmann comes to Clarent Corporation with over 18
years experience in telecommunications product
management, sales and business development from
various companies, most recently serving as
Country Manager for Lucent Octel Communications
GmbH., a leading supplier of messaging products
and services and with Philips Kommunikations
Industry AG prior to that.
To co-ordinate marketing activities for Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Clarent has
appointed Chris Haslam, Director of Marketing for
Clarent Technologies. Chris Haslam's background
incorporates 18 years experience in senior
marketing, product management and systems
support roles within the telecommunications
industry. Prior to joining Clarent, Mr. Haslam was
responsible for the EMEA field marketing of the
Voice over IP and SS7 functionality of 3Com's
Carrier Business Unit, having spent fourteen years
previously with British Telecommunications PLC.
These latest developments combine with Clarent's
expansion of its European support team, through its
recently cemented partnership with international
network support services provider Equant, to
position the Company as undoubtedly the premier
provider of IP telephony to European markets.
About Clarent
Clarent Corporation is a privately held company and
a premier provider of Internet telephony solutions
offering clear voice, real-time fax, SS7/C7
integration, universal voice/fax/data ports and a host
of other business-ready capabilities. Clarent
Command Center provides billing and management
for a very large network of Clarent Gateways. All
Clarent products are backed by a complete, robust,
scalable network infrastructure, enabling network
and enterprise customers to easily run their
business communications on IP telephony. Founded
in July 1996, Clarent is headquartered in Redwood
City, California, and also has offices in Chicago,
Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, London, Brussels, Athens,
Madrid and Nurnberg. Additional information about
Clarent is available at clarent.com.
Clarent is a registered trademark of Clarent
Corporation in the United States and other
jurisdictions. All other company or product names
mentioned may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of the respective companies with which
they are associated.
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