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taken up his new role. “The growth of consumer and business mobile data has been the story of the mobile industry for the last two
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years, but demand for machine to machine mobile communications will dwarf people’s use of mobile”, he said. “The MDA should be the focal point for what will be the fastest growing area in mobile.” • The Mobile Data Association is a not-for-profi t industry association dedicated to representing and promoting mobile data-centric businesses. Members include mobile network operators, content aggregators, mobile phone manufac- turers, application developers, mobile content and information developers, marketing and entertainment providers.
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t Simoco Group, Jonathan Bunce has been appointed group marketing director.
A part of Team Telecom Group, Simoco Group combines the radio communications businesses Team Simoco in the UK and ComGroup in Australia. Mr Bunce now takes responsibility for all marketing activity across both businesses. Previously he was commercial director of Airborne Networks, where he oversaw the introduction of patented mesh technologies, and prior to that he held marketing roles with Motorola. He commented: “Simoco Group is at a very exciting stage in its global growth, with new technologies soon to be launched and a growing profi le around the world. T e combined experience and skills of Team Simoco and ComGroup ensure we have a reputation for high quality, fl exible solutions based on cutting-edge r&d, and this excellence in products and customer service will be at the centre of our growth strategy going forward.”
management systems provider Trimble has appointed Ron Konezny, founder and chief executive of PeopleNet, to the post of general manager of its worldwide Transportation and Logistics (T&L) division. “Since establishing PeopleNet in 1994, Ron has positioned
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the company as a fast-growing wireless tracking and mobile communications provider in the US transportation industry”, said Bryn Fosburgh, vice president of Trimble. “His expanded leadership role will be an asset in growing our global presence as more fl eets source solutions internationally, “This acquisition and the previous acquisitions of Punch Telematix
in Europe and Tata AutoComp Mobility Telematics in India confi rm Trimble’s commitment to meeting the complex regulatory and operational needs of the global T&L market. The PeopleNet acquisition complements our growing portfolio of proven solutions for both emerging and developed countries.” Products of the T&L division include the Trako vehicle and fl eet management system, acquired from Tata AutoComp Systems in India.
ollowing its acquisition of PeopleNet, a leading provider in North America of technology for fl eet management, the transport
igel Chadwick, founding director of Stream Communications, has been elected vice chairman of the Mobile Data Association (MDA). Previously MDA director responsible for telematics and transportation, he has already
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