http://www.telecomweb.com/tnd/21857.html
(As if there weren't enough social sites and lists to fragment the industry)
Wireless Factors, a Reston, Va.-based business network, now is offering
professionals what it claims is the wireless industry's first
relationship-powered network.
Wireless Factors enables mobile industry professionals to connect with a
global community of members, collaborate using online tools and improve
the way business gets done. The company cites industry research that
says in 2006, online social networking became the highest traffic
category on the Web, and recent trends have made it more accessible for
companies to engage in social networking.
"The activity we have seen from members of the wireless community shows
that we have met a need," says Wireless Factors Managing Director Jay
Deragon. "We have over 1,000 members since launching this month and
growing daily. With over $1.2 trillion in revenue expected for the
telecom industry by the end of next year, there is significant
opportunity for professionals to become active in creating value for the
end user."
Wireless Factors will be offering free and paid member subscriptions.
With Wireless Factors, members can:
>>Connect through unlimited invitations to global community members
>>Add images, photos and video broadcast to profiles, articles and
group or private forums
>>Broadcast individual or company press releases and event
announcements to an entire community
>>Search using a wide variety of criteria for research purposes.
>>Visualize other members in the network through categories including
distribution, technology, content and services
>>Create customized forms, including RFPs, polls, contracts, etc., for
private or community use
>>Read weekly profiles of companies, people, technology and mobile content
>>Join open discussion forums covering a variety of industry topics
>>Find or post job openings
>>Use network email to invite an unlimited number of friends, partners
and business associates
"We see an explosion of activity in social networking, and Wireless
Factors provides exactly what wireless professionals need to more
efficiently connect with their peers and enhance their business. I'm on
the site constantly," says Michelle Bonat, vice president/marketing at
ccube.com, the mobile social network. Wireless Factors provides the
first- ever B2B networking site, which will dramatically increase the
proliferation of wireless industry knowledge and expertise."
Adds Mark Friedman, director of Enterpulse Inc., "It's about time for
those of us in the wireless sector to have a forum of our own. To me,
Wireless Factors provides those benefits and more. The Wireless Factors
team has been very receptive to site improvements and have set the bar
high from a customer-service perspective. What I appreciate most about
the site is that it's personable, allows us to manage our content, the
audience is targeted, and the variety of groups."
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