MALAGA, Spain, Aug. 20, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Amitelo Communications, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ALOC) announced today that Nick Moss has been appointed as VP Business Development and Sasha Masand as VP Marketing & Sales.
"We are extremely delighted to welcome Nick and Sasha to our Management team," commented Khaled M. Akid, Amitelo's Chairman & CEO. He continued: "Nick's extensive experience in telecommunications technologies and business development, and Sasha's professionalism in marketing and sales, will be big assets to our company."
"I see the huge business and international market potential of Amitelo's products and services. I am extremely keen on developing Amitelo's business in Spain and southern Europe, and on contributing to the success of Amitelo's group of companies," said Nick Moss.
"I had absolutely no hesitation in accepting the offered position," stated Sasha Masand. He continued: "It is a major opportunity for me to assist Amitelo in developing innovative marketing and sales concepts to enhance its sales and revenues worldwide."
Biography of Mr. Nick Moss:
Mr. Moss has spent over 22 years within the telecommunications & media industry in several management positions. He has extensive experience in satellite communications, mobile and cellular networks, and broadcast communications.
As the CEO of Trans-European Communications, he established a distribution network for the launch of the ETACS mobile phone systems in Spain as one of the official Distributors of Motorola, NEC, and Panasonic products. His company pioneered the integration of mobile fax machines and PCs with a custom data interface facilitating mobile data transmission to Business users worldwide.
Mr. Moss has always recognized market opportunities. He established some of the first e-commerce-enabled web sites supplying products to clients worldwide, achieving Sales of over 3 million pounds sterling as a pioneer in this new sector, and promoted the company's success by implementing a unique viral marketing concept that dramatically enhanced the revenues of the company.
Additionally, Mr. Moss has established a customer portfolio within the broadcast industry designing and implementing broadcast studios, automation control systems and radio frequency systems and has performed consultancy work for numerous broadcasters in the area of WAN wide area network program distribution, local commercials insertion infrastructure and network streamlining and expansion.
He was educated at Stowe Public School and studied jewelry (specializing in gemology), starting out as an assistant to Crown Jewelers at Garrald & Co., London, before joining the family advertising business. He later recognized the market opportunities of the telecommunications sector, and prior to joining Amitelo, developed a unique range of FM based subcarrier visual data products integrating RDS/DARC/GSM/DAB technologies. He will, without doubt, continue these impressive developments in the field of IP interfacing technologies on behalf of Amitelo.
Biography of Mr. Sasha Masand:
Mr. Masand has worked in several different spheres within the media Industry for approximately 15 years, from satellite television broadcasting to content creation for television, radio and the Internet and also the advertising industry.
His career has taken him from film executive at Grey International Ltd. in India, where he started the broadcasting of the 2nd channel on the Zee Television Network, "ELTV Channel" to STAR Television, where, as a producer in the On-Air-Promotions & Sales Department, he won 3 Promax awards for various advertising campaigns he produced.
He also founded and developed the operational business of Mediamax (India) Pvt. Ltd., a content provider for television, radio and the Internet in the city of Bombay, India. Prior to joining Amitelo, Mr. Masand was the Regional Business Development Manager for Dotmedia Studios Ltd.
Mr. Masand studied commerce at the University of Bombay; he has a Diploma in film and video production from St. Xavier's Institute of Communications in Bombay.
About Amitelo Communications
Amitelo Communications, Inc. is an international telecommunications and Internet service provider company. Amitelo's core business is dealing with the delivery of high quality voice & Internet services. The companies' concentration is on providing both VoIP (voice over IP) services and DSL/broadband via satellite in regions lacking connectivity. Several parts of southern Europe and many regions in Africa and the Middle East currently lack connectivity. The company is currently dealing with Internet & voice traffic generated by its international subscribers and is in the process of expanding its services by establishing further POP's (points of presence) throughout Africa and the Middle East. The company's management brings over 70 years of combined experience in almost all aspects of information technology and telecom.
Safe Harbor
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, continued acceptance of the company's products and services, competition, new products and technological changes, as well as any and all "other risks" associated with business. For more information on Amitelo Communications Inc., please visit our website at: (http://www.amitelo.com) or e-mail us at: (info@amitelo.com).