Juan Montes Chairs Telcogames
Telcogames Limited, a leading European mobile games distributor, has announced that Juan Montes has been appointed as chairman of the board.
Montes joins Telcogames with a long and well established pedigree in console and mobile video games. His previous roles have included; Vice President of Software Development for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), Vice President & CTO (EMEA) Mobile Content & Solutions for Motorola and MD Europe for Jamdat (acquired by Electronic Arts).
Montes extensive experience includes six years at SCEE where he was instrumental in the launch and establishment of the Sony PlayStation platform in Europe, the establishment of Motorolas’ mobile entertainment business unit followed by establishing the European arm of Jamdat Mobile.
Juan founded and operates the advisory company, Digital Content & Media Limited, where he provides strategic, operational and corporate advice to companies in the mobile entertainment sector and Venture Capital firms.
Montes is currently a non-executive director of Distinctive Developments. He was recently a non-executive director of Pocket Group, sold to WIN PLC on the 21st of January 2008. He is acknowledged as a key leader in the mobile gaming sector.
“I am delighted to be joining Telcogames at this exciting time for them and the industry at large. 2008 already feels like a year of change in the mobile industry and Telcogames are uniquely positioned to take advantage of this. It is for these reasons that I am joining Telcogames and I hope that with my experience and knowledge I will provide advice and direction to take the business forward”, Juan Montes said.
Headquartered in London, Telcogames is a global distributor of quality mobile games across all major formats including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux, J2ME and Brew. Investors include 3i, Nexit Ventures and The Capital Fund.
The company distributes mobile games to tier 1-3 carriers globally and is regarded as the leader in «off-portal» distribution. Telcogames’ portfolio of games consists of the best mobile games from over 100 different companies.
Telcogames is privately owned, and has offices in London, Liverpool, Seoul, Norrkoping, Tel Aviv and Sydney through its recent acquisition of multiplay provider Viva La Mobile. Telcogames uses proprietary technologies to offer something different to carriers and non-carriers than other distributors are able to. These technologies include; a proprietary deployment and reporting system which currently manages all 100+ suppliers content distributed to over 150 channels (carriers and off-portals); 3G multiplayer platform (Redstar) and portfolio of games; Smartphone portfolio of games and associated toolsets; shop front technology to allow carriers and off-portals to have a dedicated Telcogames wap shop that links directly into the Telcogames deployment system so that the wap shop is automatically and rapidly updated with the latest games from all its suppliers.
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