AirG is a mobile marketing software company, whose products and services facilitate mobile communities and wireless social networking. As of June 2006, AirG’s social networking communities have more than 10 million unique users worldwide and are interconnected to more than 85 mobile operators and media companies globally including Sprint Nextel, Cingular Wireless, Rogers, TELUS, Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, Vodafone and MTV Asia. AirG’s community products are commercially available across every wireless technology including voice, SMS, MMS, WAP, Java, BREW and i-mode. AirG employs over 100 staff at its head office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In addition, the company has offices in the UK, Australia, the Philippines, India, Italy and USA.

History

AirG was founded in 2000 by tech entrepreneurs Frederick Ghahramani, Vincent Yen and Bryce Pasechnik. The company started out producing games for mobile phones, and is currently focusing its products and services towards applications for mobile communities, and mobile marketing. In 2005, Ghahramani and Yen were awarded the Business Development Bank of Canada’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. AirG was also named on Red Herring magazine’s <ref>Red Herring 100 North America [1986]</ref> for 2006, which recognizes the top 100 private technology companies in North America.

Products and Services

Mobile Community Product Suite

AirG’s suite of mobile community products includes the Community Marketing Engine, Community Patrol, Community Storefront, Community Marketing Toolbox and Micro Community Interface, which have been built to increase subscriber acquisition and retention, and generate recurring revenues for mobile operators, media companies and brand owners. Each component of the Mobile Community Product Suite is fully customizable to any private label.

External Links

College Campuses Get Social (ABC News)

AirG, A Mobile Network Of 10 Million Users (GigaOM, Aug 18, 2006)

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