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MEDIA RELEASE PR35267
Acision Appoints Rafael Steinhauser as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Latin America
SAO PAOLO, July 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- Acision Increases its Investment in the LatAm Region to Meet
the Needs of Carriers and Introduce Solutions to Help Them Increase Revenues
Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today
announces the appointment of Rafael Steinhauser as Senior Vice President and
General Manager for Latin America, based in Acision's Sao Paulo office. In
this newly created role, Rafael Steinhauser will drive the company's growth
across the region and have responsibility for sales, marketing, business
development and operations. Rafael Steinhauser's appointment is part of
Acision's increased investment in Latin America and its focus to support
local carriers.
With more than 25 years' experience working for technology and
telecommunication businesses, Rafael Steinhauser brings a wealth of expertise
to Acision as former president of Cisco and Nortel in Brazil, as well as CxO
at NextWave, Vesper, Qualcomm, Eutelsat, Siemens and Alcatel. In his new
role, Rafael Steinhauser will build upon Acision's existing partnerships with
local carriers, create new relationships and market Acision's solutions
across messaging, mobile broadband, mobile marketing and charging.
Rory Buckley, Chief Executive of Acision, comments: "We
believe the market opportunity in Latin America is significant for us,
especially with the introduction of new mobile technologies, and we hope to
attain increased growth in this region during our new fiscal year starting in
July. With Rafael Steinhauser's extensive experience in driving sales and
growing businesses, we are confident that we can build on the success we have
already had in this region, achieve our growth objectives across Latin
America and explore new market opportunities."
Rafael Steinhauser, Senior Vice President and General Manager
for Latin America, Acision, says "With the recent launch of 3G networks in
Latin America there will be a significant increase in the adoption of mobile
broadband and value added services. It is, therefore, important that Acision
is ready to help carriers address the business opportunities and solve the
communication challenges they will experience today and in the future.
"In addition, the uptake of text messaging is still low in the
region, in particular in Brazil, where only eight text messages are sent per
user per month compared to other Latin American countries where this number
reaches 45 and 83 worldwide. This shows there is still a huge potential for
growth in SMS services for Acision, especially with the addition of A2P
(application 2 person) services to the traditional P2P (person to person)
messaging. My principle role at Acision will be to develop strategies to help
operators encourage further adoption of data services. I am thrilled Acision
has chosen me to drive its business forward in this important and exciting
market," continued Steinhauser.
Notes to Editors
About Acision
Acision is the world's leading messaging company, providing communication
solutions for over 300 network operators and service providers globally.
SOURCE: Acision
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