Iain Osborne
Iain Osborne FRSA (2016) | |
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| Website | https://www.linkedin.com/in/helloiain/ |
Iain William Leonard Osborne managing director at chello broadband,[5] which he grew from startup to being the leading broadband ISP outside North America, creating a new vision for and transformation of the world's digital economies.[6] Awards include Best New Media Brand, Best European ISP, Internet Superstar [2] and Ground Breaker Award - International Marketing Innovator of the year.[3]
Early life and education
Osborne was born in
INSEAD, France, on a Courtaulds Scholarship
.
Career
After postgraduate, he joined the graduate training programme of
Internet Years
In 1997, Osborne joined startup
Marketing Director.[8]
Osborne went on to become co-founder and managing director of
ISP to introduce high speed Broadband Internet Access in 6 European countries.[3] Also at chello, he led some of the very early research into broadband usage and its impact on changing lifestyles in Europe.[11]
Osborne founded Innovater BV that in 2003 led the launch of
Subsequently, in 2003, he founded VONOS, a company dedicated to Voice and Video over broadband services. He later joinedVoIP digital telephony services.[7]
References
- ^ "CHELLO BROADBAND WINS BEST CONSUMER ISP AWARD 1999". Response Source. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Koranteng, Juliana (July 2000). "Chello's marketing chief spreds broadband belief". Advertising Age International. Advertising Age.
- ^ a b c "Chello Broadband Wins World-Wide Ground Breaker Award For Marketing From Multichannel News International". Streaming Media. 9 May 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ a b "NTERACTIVE: BEHIND THE HYPE/PROFILING INTERNET USERS: Yahoo's findings prove surfers have a life outside the Net - A survey by Yahoo Europe shows that Netties use the medium to get away from the screen". Campaignlive. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Hello, Chello". Forbes. Archived from the original on 8 May 1999. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Breaking the internet's shackles". No. 356, 549. The Financial Times. 9 November 1998.
- ^ a b "Iain Osborne (linkedin)". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Press Release. "FIRST EUROPEAN BROADBAND PORTAL COMPANY ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE TEAM & MARKET ENTRY STRATEGY". prnewswire. PR Newswire. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Rogers, Danny (12 March 1998). "Yahoo! launches first Euro ads". Campaign. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ Sutherland, Fritha (April 2000). "Chello broadband tunes up UK". Cable and Satellite Europe.
- ^ Osborne, Iain (May 2000). "Horses for Courses". Telecommunications (International Edition). 34 (5): 53–55.
- ^ "About Us". innovater.com (internet archive). Archived from the original on 6 April 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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