Jamster Appoints Boris Hageney to Lead North
American Operations
Western Europe Manager for Jamba/Jamster Brings Expertise to expand
Jamster business in the U.S. Market
NEW YORK, August 30, 2006 – Jamster, a worldwide leader in mobile
content and entertainment services and a wholly owned subsidiary of
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), today announced the appointment of Boris
Hageney as Vice President of North America to reinforce its business
development strategy and help bring innovative services to market worldwide.
In this role, Hageney will be based in New York and
oversee operations in North America including product, service, business
development and marketing. He will direct the company’s global efforts
to increase adoption of Jamster’s mobile entertainment offerings and
work closely with U.S. carriers, record labels and other content partners
to ensure Jamster distributes the freshest content available. Hageney
will report to Jamster’s Chief Operating Officer, Martin Ott.
“Much of the music, movies and games enjoyed by consumers
everywhere is created in America, so it’s even more important that Jamster
has someone who can drive a brand and build key relationships in a new
market.” said Jamster COO, Martin Ott.
Hageney joined the Berlin-based company in April 2004
as Country Manager for Italy, where he launched and established its
business operations. One year later, he assumed the Regional Manager
role for Spain and Portugal and later took on the responsibility of
managing all of Western Europe.
Hageney has previously held various communications
and marketing roles at accounting firm KPMG in Berlin, Mundwerk AG,
one of the best known service providers in the area of speech recognition
based in Berlin, Germany; and Belvedere, a publishing company, in Rome,
Italy.
“Boris did an exceptional job helping to bring Jamba
to countries in Western Europe and was partially responsible for the
success we have achieved to date of having more than 114 operators in
30 countries providing Jamba mobile entertainment to millions of their
subscribers,” said Markus Berger de-Leon, Managing Director of Jamba.
Jamba sells its services in North America under the Jamster brand.
Jamster is one of the world’s leading creators, aggregators
and distributors of premium off-deck mobile content. The business works
with major wireless carriers such as Cingular, Verizon Wireless, Sprint,
T-Mobile and Alltel and major content providers, including record labels
such as Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.
Jamster’s mobile content services are enjoyed by millions
of consumers around the world. The company is developing new entertainment
applications and services to broaden its digital content catalogue available
directly to U.S. wireless customers at www.jamster.com.
About Jamster and VeriSign
Jamster International Sárl (internet: <http://www.jamster.com>;
mobile phone: <http://wap.jamster.com>) is one of the world’s
leading providers of digital entertainment services. Jamster develops,
markets and provides digital content and services. The wide range of products
includes music, graphics, games and information services, all available
directly on mobile devices via SMS text messages, WAP or the internet.
Jamster services are available in more than 30 countries, internationally
also from White Label Solutions. Jamster International Sárl is a subsidiary
of VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), a leading provider of intelligent
infrastructure services for internet and telecommunications networks. Jamster currently
employs more than 520 employees.
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the United States and in foreign countries. Copyright © 2006 VeriSign,
Inc. All rights reserved.
For More Information
Media Relations: Lisa Malloy, emalloy@verisign.com,
703-948-4361
Investor Relations: Tom McCallum, tmccallum@verisign.com,
650-426-3744
Statements in this announcement other than historical
data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual results to differ
materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty
of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly
operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to
successfully develop and market new products and services and customer
acceptance of any new products or services, including Jamster services;
the possibility that VeriSign’s announced new services may not result
in additional customers, profits or revenues; and increased competition
and pricing pressures. More information about potential factors that
could affect the company's business and financial results is included
in VeriSign's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2005 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no
obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the
date of this press release.
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