Charles Reed to spearhead renewed push for growth
Singapore, 30 November 2005 - inter-touch, the leading Broadband Internet provider to the hospitality and travel industries, announced today the appointment of Charles Reed as its Chief Executive Officer.
A global operating company of NTT DoCoMo, inter-touch is well placed to continue growth of its core hospitality business and explore new market opportunities. In 2005, inter-touch added its 200th hotel partner to its books, exceeding its projected growth targets.
Charles will be based in Singapore, inter-touch global headquarters, and will be responsible for steering inter-touch towards achieving its global vision, which is to enhance the business travel experience by providing reliable Broadband connectivity and applications to hotels and wireless hot spots.
"I look forward to working with our many hotel partners to provide them, and their guests, with the best broadband connection products and services. Through close collaboration, we plan to raise the bar in terms of connectivity for business travelers all over the world," said Charles.
Managing Director, Global Business Department of NTT DoCoMo, Toshinari Kunieda says the appointment of Charles is a milestone in NTT DoCoMo's international plans.
"inter-touch is the strategic link in implementing NTT DoCoMo's globalization strategy. With Charles' leadership, we believe that inter-touch will affirm its position as a leading technology provider, delivering people the best Broadband experience possible."
inter-touch has built a solid reputation in the hospitality industry for delivering the fastest and easiest internet connections, backed by unparalleled service and support for customers across the globe.
About Charles Reed
Charles is a global executive, managing a host of different businesses ranging from leading edge technology companies to world-class service companies across a number of different markets. His experience spans across Asia, Europe and North America. Prior to inter-touch, Charles was the CEO of Capena Ltd, an advisory firm supporting a multi-billion dollar Asian telecommunication carrier's international acquisition strategy. He also served as CEO of Personal Broadband Australia, the first national roll out of iBurst wireless broadband technology. Charles has held senior executive positions at BT Cellnet (Hong Kong) and Excelcomindo (a Verizon joint venture). He started his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant in its London office.
About inter-touch
inter-touch is the leading provider of high-speed Internet access for business travelers outside North America. inter-touch currently provides wired and wireless high-speed Internet access in more than 140 major hotels in 19 countries throughout Asia Pacific, South Pacific, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East. inter-touch’s service includes wired Ethernet connectivity in hotel guestrooms and meeting rooms and wireless connectivity in meeting rooms and hotel public areas. inter-touch is privately owned and headquartered in Singapore. For a listing of inter-touch hotels or to learn more, please visit: www.inter-touch.com
About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company, serving more than 50 million customers. The company offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode® which provides e-mail and Internet access to over 45 million subscribers as the world's most popular mobile Internet service, and FOMA™, launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in Asia-Pacific and Europe. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com.
i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries. NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.
For more information, please contact:
Koh Peck Yan
inter-touch Pte Ltd
Tel: +65 6436 3665
E-mail: pykoh@inter-touch.com
James Brasher
LEWIS Public Relations
Tel: +65 6557 2440
Mobile: +65 9437 0553
E-mail: jamesb@lewispr.com