Acision Appoints Jorgen Nilsson as Chief Operating Officer

READING, England, January 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Former Ericsson Executive Joins World Leader in Mobile Data

Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announced the appointment of Jorgen Nilsson to the position of Chief Operating Officer. With more than 30 years' experience working in senior sales positions at leading blue chip companies such as Ericsson and Compaq, Nilsson has assumed responsibility for Acision's worldwide sales and operations organisation, and will be instrumental in driving growth in the mobile data market for the business.

Having spent more than 10 years at Ericsson in executive and VP roles, Nilsson's most recent position was Executive Vice President and General Manager of Vodafone's Global Customer Unit, driving significant change and operational improvements through Ericsson's global sales, marketing, technology and operational teams. Nilsson previously spent over 10 years at Compaq, where he held various executive sales, marketing and operational roles. Nilsson also held several managerial roles at Telia, part of the TeliaSonera Group and a leading telecommunications provider in Sweden.

"With an impressive history and esteemed reputation in driving operational excellence and building powerful sales and customer relationship strategies, Jorgen will be a central part of the Acision executive team and an invaluable asset to the company," commented Rory Buckley, Chief Executive at Acision. "Jorgen's innovative approach, high profile and level of expertise in the communications industry will help us grow the company and is a significant hire as we build on our position as a world leader in mobile data."

Jorgen Nilsson, COO: "I'm delighted to join Acision's management team at this very exciting time and be an instrumental part of driving the company's strategic initiatives forward. As mobile data traffic increases globally, we have a huge opportunity and I look forward to working with the team to aggressively and systematically develop and exploit the mobile data market to help our customers be successful. Together we will expand our global reach by building partnerships, developing our customer relationships and driving up future revenues through operational excellence."

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About Acision

As a world leader in mobile data, Acision powers innovation and profitable growth in mobile data services. As a pioneer of mobile messaging, Acision's real time mobile data solutions support its customers worldwide to drive new revenues with innovative services while controlling, optimising and monetising data traffic. For more information, visit Acision at http://www.acision.com