SpatialNews.com Press Release
DON LISTWIN JOINS PHONE.COM AS PRESIDENT AND CEO; ACCEPTS BOARD MEMBER SEAT
Founder Alain Rossmann Remains as Chairman of the Board and Takes Roles as
Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - September 11, 2000 - Phone.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHCM)
today announced that Don Listwin, formerly Executive Vice President at Cisco
Systems, has joined Phone.com as president and CEO. Alain Rossmann,
Phone.com's founder and the man often credited as the "father of the
wireless Internet," remains as the chairman of the board of directors of
Phone.com, but will now move from president and CEO into a role where he can
focus his attention on market vision and strategy as the executive vice
president of Strategy and Corporate Development. Also announced today is
the promotion of Phone.com's chief financial officer, Alan Black, to senior
vice president of Corporate Affairs. Black will also retain his position
and responsibilities as chief financial officer.
Phone.com and Software.com (Nasdaq: SWCM) recently announced plans to merge.
The merger will create a global powerhouse that will provide a broad range
of carrier-class software to wireless and wireline carriers, portals and
Internet service providers. At the time of the merger announcement, the two
companies announced that Listwin would join the combined entity as President
and CEO. It was subsequently agreed that Listwin would begin by assuming
the role of President and CEO of Phone.com to drive the merger and
integration planning activities as soon as possible.
"I saw this as an opportunity to work with the incredible talents of Alain
and John MacFarlane, and to do what I love best - take an industry and
restructure it, while working side by side with talented people," said
Listwin.
"We are fortunate to have an executive of Don's caliber and experience on
board. He has an amazing track record building new businesses, including
building the service provider business at Cisco. His expertise and
experience in acquiring and integrating companies is unmatched," said
Rossmann. "I am pleased that in my new role I will continue to look for
ways to solve our customers' problems through advanced technology and to
move the industry to the next level."
"Additionally, in recognition of Alan's outstanding contributions to
Phone.com, I am delighted to announce his promotion to Senior Vice President
of Corporate Affairs," added Rossmann. "During his three-year tenure, his
credits include a resoundingly successful IPO, the smooth integration of
seven acquisitions, as well as the phenomenal growth of a global presence.
Alan has been a champion in helping the company achieve its exponential
growth and financial milestones."
About Phone.com
Phone.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:PHCM) is a leading provider of software,
applications, and services that enable the delivery of Internet-based
information and voice services to mass-market wireless telephones. Using
its software, wireless subscribers have access to Internet- and corporate
intranet-based services, including email, news, stocks, weather, travel and
sports. In addition, subscribers have access via their wireless telephones
to network operators' intranet-based telephony services, which may include
over-the-air activation, call management, billing history information,
pricing plan subscription and voice message management. Phone.com is
headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and has regional offices in
Belfast, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Seoul and
Tokyo. Visit http://www.phone.com for more information.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements that are based upon the
current expectations and beliefs of the management of Phone.com and
Software.com and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the
forward looking statements. In particular, the following factor, among
others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described
in the forward-looking statements: failure of the transaction to close due
to the failure to obtain required regulatory or stockholder approvals.
For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please
refer to Phone.com's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most
recent filings on Form 10-K and 10-Q, registration statement on Form S-1, as
amended, and Form S4. Phone.com's filings with the SEC are available to the
public from commercial document retrieval services and at the Web site
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
Phone.com and the Phone.com logo are trademarks of Phone.com, Inc. All other
trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective
owners.
For more information please contact:
Phone.com, Inc.
Rowan Benecke
PR21
+1 (415) 369 8102
rowan_benecke@pr21.com
Phone.com (Europe) Limited
Kylie Trevitt
Text 100 Ltd.
+44 20 8996 4172
kyliet@text100.co.uk
Phone.com Japan K.K.
Masaaki Yamamoto
Phone.com Japan K.K.
+81 3 5325 9703
masaaki@corp.phone.com
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