Aspiro International is establishing in Luxembourg
Aspiro International is establishing in Luxembourg The fast growing telecom company Aspiro today announces the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary in Luxembourg to drive the company's international expansion. Lena Wittbjer, formerly from the Kinnevik/Millicom Group is the CEO of the new company. Aspiro AB is establishing a wholly owned subsidiary, Aspiro International SA, in Luxembourg. Aspiro International will be responsible for Aspiro's international strategy and further strengthen its continued expansion. The company will also take over part of the sales operations. -The establishment of Aspiro International will support our expansion plans internationally, says Christer Månsson, Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances at Aspiro. -Luxembourg is the perfect place for a company in this market with growth plans, says Lena Wittbjer, CEO of Aspiro International. The country, has a central position in Europe and already hosts similar companies of world class. In addition, it is a melting pot of all different nationalities and languages as it is home to one of the world's most important banking markets. Highly skilled professionals from all parts of the world come to Luxembourg representing both financial and technical skills, which is just what we require. Lena Wittbjer comes from a solid background in the Kinnevik/Millicom Group where she held the positions of Director Strategic Development, Multinational Automated Clearing House, the world's largest GSM clearing house, and Director Strategic Development, MIC Systems, MACH's parent company. Apart from building up MACH and its subsidiaries, Lena is the founder of a fraud and security company and of an electronic payments company in the Kinnevik Millicom Group. -Lena is already well known in the mobile operator world and in the entire GSM Community. She is recognized for her understanding and vision of opportunities together with her enthusiasm and drive, says Jörgen Adolfssson, CEO of Aspiro. We are delighted to have her on board. For further information, please contact: Jörgen Adolfsson, CEO, Aspiro, tel. + 46 709 91 80 03 About Aspiro Aspiro develops markets and sells products for wireless communication between mobile units and the Internet. The services are largely based on SMS and WAP technology. The company focuses on three different customer segments: operators, content suppliers, and mobile organisations. Since Aspiro was set up in August 1998 it has expanded rapidly and today has 64 employees. Aspiro has offices in Malmö, Karlskrona, Stockholm and Oslo. More information is available on: www.aspiro.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/05/20000105BIT00190/bit0001.DOC http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/05/20000105BIT00190/bit0002.pdf