Friday, December 18th, 2007 (12/18/07)
Qmobile Welcomes Soren Schafft as New CEO
RESTON, Va. --- Qmobile, a top mobile entertainment and production company, announced today that Soren Schafft has joined the team as CEO and a member of the company’s board. Schafft brings over 20 years of international experience in wireless data, mobile telecommunications, consulting and new service development and delivery.
“The mobile entertainment market is exploding and Qmobile is well positioned as one of the most innovative mobile content provider and production companies,” Schafft said. “Qmobile is one of those rare companies that increases the value of the brands it works with, one of its secrets to success.”
Prior to joining Qmobile, Schafft was co-founder and general manager of Mobile Media North America, the first inter-carrier and premium SMS service provider and aggregator in the United States. He has experience in managing mobile campaigns with such leading companies as NewsCorp, ABC, Sony BMG, NBC, Telemundo, The Weather Channel, Fuse, and Hearst.
Schafft has also worked closely with carriers such as Verizon, Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile and Alltel. He is a board member of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and a key participant in the development of the MMA’s consumer best practice guidelines.
“Qmobile’s recent deals with model Melyssa Ford, as well as its growing access to the urban and Latino communities, are all indicative of its growing success and have been cause for genuine excitement about the company,” Schafft said. “We look forward to more announcements in the near future.”
About Qmobile Inc.
Qmobile is one of the leading service providers in the emerging digital media industry. Launched in 2003 and leveraging the founding team’s deep domain knowledge, Qmobile has delivered compelling entertainment and information services to almost one million mobile phone users across the US, and now has over 350,000 subscribers. The company currently offers downloadable ringtones, wallpaper images and games. It also runs a SMS chat service, and additional services are under development. Qmobile markets its services through direct response advertising, through www.qtones.com, and through numerous affiliate websites. Based in the Washington DC metro area, Qmobile is privately held and is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Atlantic and the Grosvenor Funds. For more information on Qmobile, please visit www.qmobile.us.
Qmobile is one of the leading service providers in the emerging digital media industry. Qmobile delivers compelling entertainment and information services to millions of mobile phone users across the US through its direct subscription service and through distribution relationships with wireless carriers. We currently offer downloadable ringtones, wallpaper images and games. Qmobile also operates an SMS chat service, and additional services which are under development.
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