Axispointe, a player in facility asset management and post-construction customer service, has appointed Chad Latimer as President and CEO.

The company informed that Latimer will be responsible for providing strategic leadership founded in his organisational experience in sales, services, management and development.

Latimer was formerly vice president of global and international services at Symantec. He brings more than 20 years of software industry experience in sales, services, management and development with startups and Fortune 500 companies,the company informed.

Powerwave Technologies,a player in end-to-end wireless coverage and capacity solutions, has announced the opening of a new facility in India.

The 40,000-sq-ft facility, located in Hyderabad, will staff approximately 300 people. The office will serve regional OEMs and operators through sales and marketing, engineering, and technical and customer support.

The facility will house hardware, software and system integration laboratories to assist engineering personnel with their focus on design and testing of antennas, repeaters, and rural coverage solutions for India and emerging markets.

Stratos, a provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, has expanded its Asia-Pacific customer-support infrastructure with the opening of its new Hong Kong Customer Support Centre.

The centre offers dedicated, local-language support to customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

The centre is staffed with trained professionals who speak both English and Chinese. They are familiar with how maritime and land-mobile customers in the region are using Stratos mobile satellite systems, value-added services and software solutions such as AmosConnect.

Wmode, a provider of mobile managed services under its ClearMode brand, has been selected by Redwood Technologies, to provide outsourced customer care, testing and support services.

Redwood is the developer and provider of Momentem, a service providing call tagging and activity tracking for mobile professionals.

Redwood delivers its Momentem service via wireless carriers, including Rogers in Canada and Orange in Europe, and content distributors such as Handmark and MobiHand.

This strategic partnership is reportedly the first phase in a series of collaborative ventures where the two companies will share resources and know-how to deliver services into the mobile applications market.