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February 02, 2005
Some Background
Some Background - I'll keep this pretty short. I got into the Internet pretty early (1992) and worked through the 90's in the Internet space. Had a software contracting company through the late 90's that focused mostly on server-side database drivenweb applications. Got into mobile wireless data when the first WAP enabled phone came out in 1999 (The NeoPoint on Sprint). Spent 2000 doing WAP and after a trip to Scandanavia in early 2001 got very interested in SMS and downloadable ringtones/images/vCards etc. (Thanks Jan!) In mid-2001 I started (with a partner) a company called Over-The-Air Wireless which provided monophonic ringtones to carriers and other partners. We built the company for 2 years and had 6 smaller carriers that we provided ringtones, screensavers, downloadable images (operator logos), along with billing, tracking, web interfaces, etc. We were copying the Scandanavian model. This was really early on for mobile data. We are talking about the Nokia 8290, etc. phones. Also, this is right after 9/11 and things were pretty slow in the U.S. for entrepreneurs.
We sold OTA Wireless in 2003 to Dwango Wireless, and I went to work as VP or Research and Development, later VP of Technology.
August 2004 I left Dwango and have been doing some consulting and working on the business plan for my next Big Idea.
Posted by David Adams at February 2, 2005 12:08 PM