Simon Buckingham

{{Short description|English information society theorist }} {{About|the English Academic|the actor born as Simon Beckingham|Simon Pegg}} {{Multiple issues| {{COI|date=September 2010}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2010}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}}

'''Simon David Buckingham''' (born in Oxford, England) is an English information society theorist and the originator of the term "unorganisation".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-11-03 |title=Unorganization |url=http://www.unorg.com/ |access-date=2022-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103024407/http://www.unorg.com/ |archive-date=3 November 2004 }}</ref>

== Biography ==

Buckingham created and published in 1996 the unorganisation philosophy. Subsequently, he became a serial entrepreneur. He founded his first start up in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilestreams.com/company_simon_buckingham.php|title=Management Team|publisher=Mobile Streams|accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref> Mobile Lifestreams, which started out as a research and consulting company. Buckingham authoring the "Yes 2 SMS" report that accurately predicted the success of the SMS text messaging service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2936685.stm|title=How mobiles made me|publisher=BBC | first=Laura|last=Cummings|date=1 May 2003}}</ref> Buckingham registered and launched the domain name and service ringtones.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobile-ent.biz/features/345/How-to-turn-20-into-over-100m|title=How to turn £20 into over £100m|publisher=Intent Media}}</ref> Mobile Lifestreams was renamed Mobile Streams and completed its initial public offering in February 2006 (LSE:MOS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary.html?fourWayKey=GB00B0WJ3L68GBGBXAIMI|title=MOS Mobile Streams PLC|publisher=London Stock Exchange}}</ref> At the same time, Liberty Media, the U.S. content company became a strategic investor in the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertymedia.com/capital-mobile-streams.aspx|title=Mobile Streams within Liberty Media Capital Group|publisher=Liberty Media}}</ref>

In January 2006, Buckingham become the CEO of Zoombak,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoombak.com/about/executive-team/|title=Executive Team|publisher=Zoombak|accessdate=11 September 2010}}</ref> a provider of GPS devices and services for family safety and enterprise applications. Zoombak was owned by Liberty Media but managed by Buckingham and Mobile Streams. More than 100,000 Zoombak devices had been shipped by October 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoombak.com/zoombak-ships-100,000th-locator/|title=Zoombak Ships 100,00th Personal GPS Locator|publisher=Zoombak}}</ref>

In 2010, Buckingham founded his third start up in New York, Appitalism, an open app store, that launched in September 2010 in 51 countries.

In 2019, Buckingham founded Nonvoice, a Florida-based technology company focused on developing applications and services using 5G and augmented reality technologies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyadzhieva |first=Yanitsa |date=2020-07-07 |title=App agency seeks to build 5G market |url=https://www.mobileworldlive.com/5g/app-agency-seeks-to-build-5g-market/ |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=Mobile World Live |language=en-GB}}</ref> The company subsequently launched Alive 5G, a consumer portal designed to aggregate 5G-enabled augmented reality applications.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tortermvasana |first=Komsan |date=2021-10-20 |title=TUC, Nonvoice Alive alliance deliver portal of 5G AR apps |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2200755/tuc-nonvoice-alive-alliance-deliver-portal-of-5g-ar-apps |access-date=2026-01-08 |work=Bangkok Post |language=en}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist|2}}

== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041103024407/http://www.unorg.com/ <nowiki>Unorganization website [archived]</nowiki>]

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