VON Europe 2005 was sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors

Alcatel Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or to their employees. Alcatel leverages its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and services to bring value to its customers in the framework of a broadband world. With sales of EURO 12.5 billion in 2003, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com

Ericsson Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.

Inclarity Inclarity delivers innovative, wholesale communications solutions to service providers. Our revolutionary, white-label, Broadband Telephony enables service providers to easily offer advanced, productivity enhancing VoB telephony at great prices. Inclarity’s market leadership and success are mirrored in the company’s rapid growth; achieving 1400% growth over the last five years.

Nortel Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the world's most critical information. Serving both service provider and enterprise customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing end-to-end broadband, voice over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband designed to help people solve the world's greatest challenges. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com

Sonus Sonus Networks is a leading provider of VoIP infrastructure solutions for wireline and wireless service providers. Sonus delivers end-to-end solutions addressing a full range of carrier applications, including trunking and tandem switching, residential and business access, network border switching and enhanced services. Sonus’ solutions are deployed in carrier networks worldwide.

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments has been a pioneer in providing high quality voice, fax and data over packet networks, with the broadest range of features and standards support. TI offers integrated VoIP silicon and software solutions for all three segments of the gateway market - residential/SOHO, enterprise, and high density - as well as IP phone, DSL and cable modem applications. www.ti.com/voip.

Gold Sponsors

Analog Devices Analog Devices is a leading provider of semi-conductor platforms and solutions for the multi-service converged broadband market, with fully integrated system solutions based on its expertise in high performance network processing, digital signal processing and analog applications. ADI provides wire-speed secure transport and dynamic QoS for small packet sizes, high-performance, scalable, flexible and cost-effective media processing, including multiformat video decoding and multichannel voice processing for next-generation multiservice convergence platforms.

American Power Conversion American Power Conversion is a worldwide leader in the designing, manufacturing, and marketing of power solutions for Nonstop Networking™. APC’s comprehensive range of products include surge suppressors, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), DC power systems, racks and enclosures, cables, power conditioning equipment, and related software for telecom, datacom, computer and computer-related equipment. www.apcc.com

Avaya Avaya Inc. designs, builds, and manages communications networks for more than one million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the Fortune 500®. Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol (IP) telephony systems and communications software applications and services. Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business applications and comprehensive worldwide services, Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve superior business results.

ECI ECI's Broadband Access Division offers a family of sophisticated Multi-Service Access Gateways that support the full scope of video, voice and data services for a wide array of broadband access applications. Designed to provide carrier-class support for residential and business customers' needs, these powerful multi-service platforms allow you to leverage the maximum from your existing network assets and lead you to profitability.

Freescale Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in Austin, Texas.

hIPer Billing hIPer™ Billing System is an easy to use, flexible and scalable billing and CRM solution, implemented to support both the specific needs of the IP-based (SIP, VoIP) telecom industry, as well as the standard requirements of PSTN-s. hIPer™ handles the AAA, rating, discounting, customer care and revenue management processes of small and medium service providers, maintaining both Pre- and Post-Paid services.

Italtel Italtel designs, develops and installs new-generation integrated multi-service networks (voice/data/video), accompanied by a full range of support services. With an added value: a systems integration capability. Revenues for 2003 totaled 591,8 million euros. Since 2000, Italtel shareholders are Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Telecom Italia, Cisco Systems, Advent International, Brera Capital and the employees. http://www.italtel.com

Siemens Siemens Enterprise Networks is a leading provider of real-time IP systems and solutions for enterprises. Our Second Generation IP solutions deliver the promise of IP to enterprises seeking business advancements. With over one million enterprise customers, Siemens is the world's number-one ranked enterprise solutions provider according to leading analyst firms.

Media Sponsors

Analysys Analysys is the leading consultancy and research company advising players in the telecoms, IT and media industries. For further information on our VoIP expertise or products please visit www.analysys.com or research.analysys.com.

Band-X Band-X provides specialist voice services to telecom operators, ISPs, Voip carriers and value added service providers. Our international and domestic high quality voice termination and managed infrastructure and interconnection helps our customers increase their speed to market, maximise margins and minimise capital investment and operating expenditure. For more information call Richard Elliott on +44 (0)20 73954500. www.band-x.com

Berg Insight Berg Insight offers premier business intelligence to the telecom industry. We produce concise reports providing key facts and strategic insights about pivotal developments in our focus areas. Our vision is to be the most valuable source of intelligence for our customers. Berg Insight has its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden and serves clients around the world.

BusinessWeek BusinessWeek, published weekly in the US, Europe and Asia by McGraw-Hill, is the world’s largest global business magazine with a worldwide circulation of nearly 1.2 million (ABC Jan – Jun 2004) and more than 5.6million readers across 140 countries (BW estimate based on Jan-Jun 04 ABC/ Fall 04 MRI rpc ). BusinessWeek is publishing a special section to coincide with VON Europe 2005. Topics include: Introduction to VoIP technologies, standards and market penetration; VoIP and the enterprise market; Broadband and new opportunities for consumers; The convergence of VoIP, Wi-Fi and 3G in the mobile world. For more information and to advertise in the supplement please contact michael_toedman@businessweek.com

commNOW commNOW is a service offered by Evalueserve, a leading provider of expert knowledge services. commNOW offers a range of products and services for the telecommunications industry, which includes daily newsletter, customized newsletters, customized data banks, business research, intellectual property services and market research services to clients located worldwide. For more details visit - www.commnow.com or mail us at info@commnow.com.

IT & Telecoms Monitor IT & Telecoms Monitor is an English language newsletter that will keep you up-to-date with the latest news and analysis on the IT, telecommunications and e-business markets in Central Europe and Russia. To receive free sample issues contact us: Phone: (+48 12) 410 21 15 E-mail: anna.banas@pmrpublications.com website: www.ceeitandtelecom.com

SIP Center The SIP Center is a public resource for the commercial development of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol.) The site offers a 24 x 7 public SIP proxy for testing SIP implementations, free SIP User Agent downloads, a comprehensive products and services directory, the latest SIP news and special interest articles, tutorials, whitepapers, developers tools and resources and much more. WWW.SIPCENTER.COM.

SIP Forum The SIP Forum's mission is to advance the adoption of products and services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The forum provides information on the benefits and capabilities of SIP, highlights successful applications and deployments, and directs activities aimed at achieving high levels of product interoperability.

Telecom Paper Telecompaper is a leading e-publisher and research company for all professionals related to the telecom business. We deliver “need-to-know” information such as real time news via the web, in daily newsletters and weekly publications. Our experienced researchers and analysts complete our services with high-quality reports and actual research briefs. Contact: gijs@telecompaper.com.

Telekom Idag Telekom idag is the most important magazine for anyone who works with telecommunications in Sweden. As an independent trade magazine it covers both the technical developments and market trends. The printed edition, with eight issues a year, is complemented by daily telenews and services on the Internet.

Total Telecom The unique combination of TOTAL TELECOM ONLINE and TOTAL TELECOM MAGAZINE delivers daily breaking news plus thorough monthly analysis to our readers - and provides an integrated marketing solution for our advertisers. TOTAL TELECOM can work with you, or your clients, to meet your individual objectives, please contact your local representative.

VON Magazine VON Magazine is focused on the migration of voice and data communications, both wired and wireless, off of the PSTN and circuit switched onto packet- based networks. Read by service providers, resellers, developers and end-users worldwide, we have editors on 4 continents and subscribers in 169 countries. Our editorial team combine over 250 years of IP and communications knowledge and experience. We examine every key issue from concept through deployment via rotating features, application case studies, in depth interviews, product and service category guides and world renown columnists. Our goal is to educate and explain, and help our readers make intelligent buying decisions. Subscribe for free, worldwide at: http://www.vonmag.com

Endorsed By:

ECTA The European Competitive Telecommunications Association is the leading pan-European pro-competitive trade and lobbying association for European telecoms companies. With around 150 members, ECTA is recognised as The Voice of the industry. On 18th-20th April 2005, ECTA holds its Spring Telecoms Industry Conference in Barcelona: “Exploring the Challenges the Industry faces driving top-line Revenue Growth”. Visit our website: http://www.ectaportal.com/barcelona05

ETSI ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, is Europe's officially-recognized standardization body for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), including telecommunications and broadcasting. ETSI unites almost 700 members from over 50 countries inside and outside Europe, including manufacturers, network operators, administrations, service providers, research bodies and users - in fact, all the key players in the ICT arena. For more information: www.etsi.org/

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