London,  January  28th  2015  

 SIMBERRY  appoints  Laurent  MANSO  as  Chief  Technical  Officer  

 SIMBERRY,   the   vendor   independent   call   termination   specialist,   today   announced   the  appointment  of  Laurent  Manso  as  its  CTO.  

In  his  role  as  the  new  Chief  Technical  Officer,  Laurent  Manso  will  be  leading  the  R&D,  customer  service,  presale  and  projects  departments.  

Laurent  has  been  working  on  business  and  applications  development   for  GSM  gateways   since  2000,  and  is  a  well-­‐known  worldwide  expert  in  the  SIM  server  technologies  market.  

He  was  a  co-­‐founder  of   iQsim,  and  held  the  position  of  CTO  from  2009  until  September  2014.  During  this  time,  he  designed  the  IRON  Suite  SIM  SERVER  for  Call  and  SMS  solution  while  leading  the  pre-­‐sales  &  projects  teams.  

Laurent   held   the   position   of   Director   of   Pre-­‐sales   &   Projects   at   Quescom   between   2000   and  2009,  increasing  all  the  necessary  experience  and  know  how  over  the  Call  Termination  Market.  Prior   to   his   time   at  Quescom,   he  was   a   developer   in   the  GSM-­‐UMTS   network   department   at  Alcatel-­‐Lucent.  

Laurent  is  a  graduate  of  EHEI  and  has  a  masters  degree  in  Information  Systems.  

Commenting  on  his  appointment,  SIMBERRY’s  VP  of  Sales,  Thomas  Sorgalla,  on  behalf  of  board  members,  stated:  "We  are  extremely  happy  and  proud  to  win  an  industry  expert  such  as  Laurent  Manso   joining   us   in   this   new   adventure.   SIMBERRY   and   all   the   termination   market   will   very  much  benefit  from  his  broad  experience  and  ideas.  Laurent’s  extensive  knowledge  and  expertise  in  the  call  termination  market  will  help  SIMBERRY  reach  the  next  level  on  its  way  to  become  THE  vendor  independent  solution  provider  for  call  termination  business”.    

Commenting   on   his   appointment,   Laurent   Manso   said:   "I   am   very   excited   about   this   new  challenge!  The  SIMBERRY  offering  of  all  kinds  of  managed  services  makes  this  company  unique  and,  most  of  all,  brings  to  the  market  what  was  missing  until  now.  All  GSM  gateway  users  will  be  able  to  benefit  from  our  offering.”  

About  SIMBERRY  

The  European  company  was  founded  in  May  2014,  with  the  goal  of  offering  innovative  and  vendor  independent  managed  services  for  the  voice  termination  market.  In  June  2014,  SIMBERRY  acquired  the  GSM  gateway  division  of  TELES  AG  in  Berlin.  

The  SIMBERRY  services  enable  Service  Providers  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  their  call  termination  business  and  support  a  wide  range  of  GSM  termination  equipment  available  on  the  market.  

SIMBERRY  has  offices  in  Europe,  the  United  States  and  Central  America.  

For  further  information,  visit  the  SIMBERRY  website  at  www.simberry.com