A couple of self-described "wireless phone geeks" have turned their enthusiasm for gaming into an award-winning business.
Frederick Ghahramani and Vincent Yen, both 27, run AirG, which sells communications and entertainment applications to more than 85 mobile phone carriers in 33 countries around the world.
The company has grown by more than 100 per cent each year for five consecutive years.
These achievements earned Ghahramani and Yen the Business Development Bank of Canada's (BDC) 2005 Young Entrepreneur Award for British Columbia.
AirG, which employs 70 people, reaches consumers via wireless telecommunications carriers licensed to use AirG software, content and applications. The company consists of two business units: One that sells multiplayer, interactive games for mobile phones; and the second, a mobile communities business that sells a full mobile community service.
BDC's Young Entrepreneur Awards recognize the achievements of Canadian businesspeople between the ages of 19 and 35.
