HONG KONG,
Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -
Kunekt Corporation (OTCQB: KNKT), creator of the Kunekt global
brand of affordably priced, quality mobile devices, primarily
smartphones and tablets, today announced that it has named two
telecom executives to its Business Advisory Board.
Mark Bruk,
president of Kunekt, reported that the new advisory board members
will focus on launching the company's sales and marketing
operations in China and pursuing
global distribution of its mobile devices.
"Kunekt's strategy recognizes that there is a
growing global demand for affordably priced, quality mobile
devices, marketed under a brand name that consumers trust," Bruk
said, "and with these initial Business Advisory Board members, we
are beginning to position the company to take advantage of
opportunities in this market."
The Business Advisory Board members named
are:
Yabin Xing,
founder and CEO of iFunmobile Inc., a Toronto-based company focusing on the
development and delivery of mobile applications, mobile content and
rich media. Xing is also the president of Telesavvy, Inc., a
Toronto-based consulting firm,
which has completed more than $70
million in projects for its clients in the past two years.
He has also held several senior roles in ZTE Corporation,
China's largest listed telecom
company providing equipment and networking solutions in more than
140 countries and servicing 59 of the world's top 100 telecom
operators, including serving as the president and CEO of ZTE
Canada, Inc., the director of International Markets, the managing
director of ZTE Thailand as well as assistant vice president in the
Asia Pacific Region.
Matt Li, managing
director of AMS-INT ASIA, Hong
Kong, is an entrepreneur with more than twenty years of
academic and engineering experience in the network, telecom and
wireless industries. Li has held various engineering and management
positions with startups and Fortune 500 companies, such as Cisco
Systems; UB Video; Motorola; Abatis Systems; and ANV Systems. In
the past eight years, he has worked with three early stage
companies, either as a co-founder or an early stage employee,
through their successful capital exits. Upon the closing of
Kunekt's acquisition of AMS, which previously announced that it is
acquiring 100% interests in the management and control of two
Chinese mobile phone companies, Li will join the company as co-CEO,
co-chairman and president of Kunekt.
"In naming Matt
Li and Yabin Xing, two
experienced telecom executives, to the Kunekt Business Advisory
Board, we are communicating the company's powerful resources for
realizing its business plan," said Bruk.
"Matt is already working on designing new mobile
devices, including feature phones, smartphones and tablets, which
we will be marketing from our new sales office opening in
Shenzhen, China. Yabin will be
advising us on distribution opportunities with telecom operators
worldwide," said Bruk.
About Kunekt
Kunekt Corp. (OTCQB: KNKT) is a U.S. publicly
traded company focused on designing, building and marketing mobile
phones as well as smartphones and tablets powered by Google's
Android mobile operating system. The company's mission is to build
a globally recognized brand in the mobile device market and deliver
smart phones and tablets at prices that are a fraction of the
industry leaders.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking
statements". Statements in this news release, which are not purely
historical, are forward-looking statements and include any
statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions
regarding the future, such as the following: (1) that the new
advisory board members will focus on launching Kunekt's sales and
marketing operations in China and
pursuing global distribution of Kunekt's mobile devices; (2) that
there is a growing global demand for affordably priced, quality
mobile devices, marketed under a brand name that consumers trust;
(3) that Kunekt's initial Business Advisory Board members will
begin to position Kunekt to take advantage of opportunities in that
market; (4) that there are opportunities in that market; (5) that
Kunekt is communicating Kunekt's powerful resources for realizing
its business plan; (6) that Kunekt will open a sales office in
Shenzhen, China; (7) that Mr. Xing
will advise Kunekt on distribution opportunities with telecom
operators worldwide;; and (8) that Kunekt intends to launch a
quality brand of mobile devices. It is important to note that
actual outcomes and Kunekt's actual results could differ materially
from those in such forward-looking statements. Actual results could
differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due
to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others: (1) an
inability of Kunekt to effectively break into the Chinese market;
(2) a failure to close the definitive agreements; (3) an inability
to evolve the businesses of the different companies into a singular
group; (4) the ability of Kunekt to design, manufacture and market
mobile phones, smartphones and/or tablets at all and at a price
less than the industry leaders; (5) Kunekt's ability to remain
competitive as other parties develop and release competitive
products; (6) Kunekt 's ability to engage reliable companies to
manufacture mobile phones, smartphones and tablets; (7) the ability
of Kunekt to establish a recognized and/or global brand for its
mobile phones, smartphones and tablets; (8) the success by Kunekt
of the sales of its current and new products; (9) the impact of
technology changes on Kunekt's products and on the industry; (10)
general economic conditions as they affect Kunekt and its current
and prospective customers, including a continued downturn in
general economic conditions internationally; (11) the ability of
Kunekt to control costs operating, general administrative and other
expenses; the ability of Kunekt to locate and hire experienced
mobile device salespeople; and (13) insufficient investor interest
in Kunekt's securities which may impact on its ability to raise
additional financing as required.
Readers should also refer to the risk
disclosures outlined in Kunekt's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,
annual reports on Form 10-K and Kunekt's other disclosure documents
filed from time-to-time with the SEC at www.sec.gov and available
on Kunekt's investor relations website at www.kunekt.com.
All information provided in this release is as
of February 9, 2011, and Kunekt
Corporation undertakes no duty to update this information.
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