iconectiv Completes Board Appointments

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- iconectiv, a leader in trusted, neutral, third party telecommunications interconnection solutions, announced today the appointments of Mark Greenquist and Peter Heuman to its advisory board.  With a majority of independent members, the board is now complete.

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Mr. Greenquist, formerly President and CEO of Telcordia, and Mr. Heuman, currently serving as the Deputy Head of Business Unit Support Solutions, Ericsson AB,  both bring valuable experience operating and managing companies in the telecommunications industry; and are well versed in iconectiv's business.

The majority of the board is now comprised of independent members, including the previously appointed Bill Clift, the former CTO of Cingular (now AT&T Mobility) and Dick Lynch, the former EVP and CTO of Verizon.  Collectively, iconectiv's board brings extensive experience working with carriers, building senior relationships and successfully operating and building telecommunications businesses.

"We are pleased to have Mark and Peter join the iconectiv board," said Richard Jacowleff, President and CEO of iconectiv. "Mark is in a position to provide outstanding guidance as he was Telcordia Technologies' former CEO and was involved in much of our current business.  Peter is a dynamic leader bringing experience from both the service provider market from his time with Tele2 as well as telecom infrastructure expertise from Ericsson, one of the industry's most successful companies."

Mark Greenquist

Mr. Greenquist has more than 20 years of telecommunications industry experience.  Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Telcordia Technologies where he oversaw the daily operations of the company and successfully orchestrated its acquisition to Ericsson.  While at Telcordia, he was appointed to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) which he served on for three years. Prior to Telcordia, he served as CFO at both Symbol Technologies, a global leader in enterprise mobility solutions, and Agere Systems, a global leader in semiconductors and software solutions for storage, mobility and networking markets.  Mr. Greenquist developed his international business expertise at General Motors' European operations, working as the treasurer of Saab Automobile and CFO and managing director of GM Poland.  He also served as Vice President of Finance and CFO for General Motors, Europe, based in Zurich, Switzerland.  Mr. Greenquist holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York.

Peter Heuman

Mr. Heuman has more than 11 years of experience in the telecommunications and media industry. He currently serves as Deputy Head of Business Unit Support Solutions, Ericsson AB.  Prior to his current role, he was Head of Operations for Business Unit Support Solutions, Ericsson AB.  Before joining Ericsson, Mr. Heuman held operational and sales & marketing executive positions at Tele2, a fixed, mobile, internet and IP-TV solutions telecom operator.  Prior to Tele2, he was Chief Executive Officer for Scandinavian media industry-leading Done Management & Systems AB.  He holds an MSc, Information Technology & Industrial Management from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

For more information about iconectiv, visit: www.iconectiv.com.

About iconectiv
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., doing business as iconectiv, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson, develops market leading solutions that enable operators to interconnect networks, devices, and applications critical to evolving the global telecommunications marketplace. iconectiv's powerful, trusted, neutral solutions for the telecommunications industry includes number portability clearinghouses, mobile messaging services, anti-theft mobile device registries, spectrum management databases and other interconnection information services. iconectiv's solutions are used by more than 1,000 operators, regulators and content providers and are currently used to provide services to over 1 billion end users. For more information, visit: www.iconectiv.com

Contact:

Amanda Sutton
iconectiv
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