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Symbio Joins AT&T, Ericsson, and Sprint at Mobile World Congress “Shared Services and Outsourcing” Session
Panelists to Discuss Critical Success Factors for Outsourcing Agreements
February 10, 2010BEIJING, China, SAN JOSE, Calif., USA and TAMPERE, Finland – February 10, 2010 – Symbio, a leading innovator of product co-creation solutions worldwide, today announced that CEO, Jacob Hsu will join industry leading executives from AT&T, Ericsson, Sprint and others at the Mobile World Congress, “Shared Service and Outsourcing” panel being held on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 which starts at 4 p.m.
The interactive panel discussion will focus on innovative ways mobile operators can use outsourcing and shared services to reduce operating expenditures and increase their commercial focus.
Joining Symbio’s CEO Jacob Hsu are:
- Jeff McElfresh, VP, Product Development & Operations, Emerging Devices, AT&T
- Valter D'Avino, Head of Managed Services, Ericsson
- Ashwini Bakshi, Head, Global Managed Services, NSN
- Steve Elfman, President, Network Operations & Wholesale, Sprint
- Chris Parsons, Chief Marketing Officer, Vesta
The panelists will discuss which assets should be retained, shared or outsourced and provide real world use case examples of successful global partnerships in which operators have controlled cost savings, better enabled service quality and reduced risk.
In addition to presenting at Mobile World Congress, Symbio will showcase its mobile and embedded product engineering expertise in rich graphics and intuitive multimedia user interfaces with demonstrations of its latest design and development projects for clients. At Symbio’s Pavilion located on Central Avenue, AV60, visitors can see a stunning, interactive 3D Virtual TableTop User Interface using Symbio’s OpenGL ES 2.0 engine implementation. Visitors can also experience an innovative “Green Stand” converged mobile to web software application and learn about the Blitrix software–based 2D accelerator for embedded User Interfaces utilizing the ARM Neon CPU.
To schedule a media or analyst briefing at Mobile World Congress or for further inquiries, please contact Jennifer Abelson at (917) 445-4454, or via e-mail at jennifer@abelsongroup.com.
About Symbio
Symbio designs and develops feature-rich products for companies embracing transformational advances in communications and technology. By leveraging its deep expertise in enterprise, embedded, mobile, Web-based and user experience driven technologies, Symbio enables its clients to focus on their core competencies while building mission-critical technologies and products to sustain, speed and secure the long-term success for the business. World-leading companies like China Mobile, IBM, Microsoft and Nokia already rely on Symbio for faster, innovative, and highly cost effective IT outsourcing. With global headquarters in Beijing, China, San Jose, USA, and Tampere, Finland, Symbio is the outsourced product development partner companies trust to deliver truly integrated global reach with local touch. For more information about Symbio, visit www.symbio.com.
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