Jamba, one of the world´s leading providers of
mobile entertainment, announced today that Kaj Hagros will join the
company as Chief Operating Officer in the beginning of July. He will
replace Lee Fenton, who has decided to return to London at the end of
June to pursue other opportunities and join his family on a full-time
basis. Mr. Hagros, who most recently served as Vice President, Market
Development for Airwide Solutions, will be responsible for developing
and executing Jamba´s product, technology and
content strategies. He will be based in Berlin and will be report to
Mauro Montanaro, Jamba´s CEO. Jamba, a joint venture between News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A) and
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) serves 35 territories around the world
with a wide array of mobile products and services. It also houses the
assets of Fox Mobile Entertainment. "Kaj´s unique
combination of technical expertise, global insight and holistic business
management experience will no doubt make him an asset to Jamba as we
continue to expand our business," said Mauro
Montanaro, Jamba´s CEO. "We´re
very excited he has decided to help us achieve our goal of introducing a
world-class mobile entertainment experience to the burgeoning mobile
market." Commenting on Fenton´s departure, Montanaro
said: "Lee has been an invaluable asset to
Jamba and a driving force behind the tremendous success the company has
experienced to date. His dedicated leadership and vision have helped put
Jamba in a position to have a powerful impact on the business of mobile
entertainment, and we´re grateful for his
many important contributions." Mr. Hagros began his mobile career in 1997 when he joined cell phone
giant Nokia. After Nokia, he spent a number of years in various
leadership positions at First Hop, where he was also responsible for
establishing the company´s first Asia-Pacific
unit, based in Singapore. Last year, First Hop was acquired by Airwide
and Mr. Hagros took over that company´s
strategic market expansion initiatives. About Jamba Jamba (Web and WAP: www.jamba.de)
known as Jamster in the US, UK and other countries, is one of the world´s
leading providers of mobile entertainment able to reach one billion
consumers around the globe in 35 countries and 25 languages across five
continents. Jamba supports more than 2,800 handsets and provides billing
connectivity to more than 125 operators worldwide. Jamba offers mobile
products available directly via mobile phones including branded popular
content from more than 800 content providers around the world such as
famous Fox content like The Simpsons, high quality music from top
music labels, mobile games from renowned game developers, and original
content made exclusively for mobile phones. Jamba is a joint venture
between News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A) and VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:
VRSN) and headquartered in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Berlin, Germany.
