At Spring VON 2005, the most influential and visionary minds in the IP Communications market will assemble to discuss and nurture new ideas, new opportunities, new partnerships for a new world of IP telephony. This exclusive, event is meticulously designed for senior executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and notable media to help shape the future of the IP Communications and the technologies that drive them. As a result, this is a wonderful opportunity to reach the leaders sure to drive this industry into the future, at the premier event focused on the business opportunities surrounding the evolving IP Communications market. We invite you to join these leaders in supporting this valuable and singular conference for our industry.Premier Sponsors
AT&T Offering commercial VoIP services since 1997, AT&T -- the largest carrier of IP traffic in North America -- has unrivaled expertise when it comes to designing, deploying and managing VoIP solutions. From individual users to the largest multinational enterprises, AT&T is unique in its ability to serve all the key VoIP market segments.
For residential customers, the AT&T CallVantage Service combines the power of the telephone with broadband Internet connectivity and advanced web-based services.
For businesses, AT&T's ability to VoIP-enable existing data networks, deliver interoperable solutions and provide advanced IP-based applications allows existing communications investments to be leveraged for improved efficiencies and productivity enhancements.
Ditech Ditech Communications' voice processing solutions improve the quality and reduce the cost of voice capacity of wireless, wireline, and voice-over-packet communications enabling service providers to deliver consistently clear voice communications to their customers worldwide.
Designed using our extensive voice communications knowledge and experience in building system-level solutions, our echo cancellation and VQA products address network distortions, device limitations and environmental background noise to deliver clear, quality communications that lead to greater customer satisfaction, increased usage and lower subscriber churn. Our Packet Voice Products combine our VQA technology with packet voice processing capabilities provides essential services for VoIP carriers.
Platinum Sponsors
Acme Packet Acme Packet enables service providers to deliver premium, interactive communications - voice, video and multimedia sessions - across IP network borders. The Net-Net family of session border controllers satisfies critical security, service assurance and law enforcement requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks. The Net-Net products are deployed in over 60 production networks worldwide, spanning all border applications – peering, access network-backbone network, and data center – and all protocols– SIP, H.323, MGCP and NCS.
Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers networks for the world's largest communications service providers. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility, optical, data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services to develop next-generation networks. The company's systems, services and software are designed to help customers quickly deploy and better manage their networks and create new, revenue-generating services that help businesses and consumers.
NexTone NexTone Communications develops carrier-grade products that provide scalable control of real-time IP services, such as voice over IP (VoIP). NexTone solutions enable carriers, service providers and enterprises to securely, simply, and cost-effectively interconnect networks for end-to-end control and management of IP traffic. NexTone's real-time IP technology can dramatically reduce carrier capital expenditures while providing ongoing operational efficiencies, such as reduced interconnect turn-up time and simplified network operations.
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
Polycom With the greatest breadth and depth of integrated video, voice, and data conferencing and collaboration solutions, only Polycom delivers the ultimate communications experience. Our market-leading technologies, supported by world-class service, ensure that people and organizations maximize their effectiveness and productivity. Add to that the most experience and proven best-practices in the industry, and it’s clear why Polycom has become the smart choice for organizations seeking a strategic advantage in a real-time world.
Sonus Networks 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.
Tekelec Tekelec is a leading developer of now and next-generation switching and signaling telecommunications solutions, network performance management technology, and value-added applications. Tekelec's innovative solutions are widely deployed in traditional and next-generation wireline and wireless networks and contact centers worldwide. For more information, please visit www.tekelec.com.
VeriSign VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN) delivers intelligent infrastructure services that make the Internet and telecommunications networks more reliable and secure. Every day VeriSign helps thousands of businesses and millions of consumers conduct commerce and communications with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.
Gold Sponsors
Aculab Aculab enables you to develop high performance communications solutions - from IVR and contact centres to prepaid services. Products include digital network access cards for connection to VoIP, TDM and SS7 networks along with media gateways, media processing resource cards and host media processing. Support is available to help developers through each stage of their product's life cycle, both technical and commercial.
Cisco Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government, and home communications. As the foundation of these networks, Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings help individuals, companies, and countries increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction, and strengthen competitive advantage.
Jasomi Networks Jasomi Networks enables Voice over IP (VoIP) for carriers, enterprises and service providers. By providing the technology that allows VoIP services to be rolled out economically and securely in complex multi-bordered networks, Jasomi is an integral part of making VoIP work. Jasomi’s product line complements today’s existing security and networking infrastructure, providing VoIP connectivity across network security boundaries without requiring network re-architecting. For further information, contact Jasomi Networks at (408) 252-VoIP (8647), or send email to info@jasomi.com. Jasomi’s web site is www.jasomi.com.
Level 3 Communications Built from the ground up for IP, Level 3 enables our partners to enter the Consumer VoIP market quickly, efficiently and with maximum coverage. Level 3's regulatory compliant PSTN interconnection, local and long distance capabilities and solid telecom expertise will catalyze your entry into the emerging VoIP market. Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT, www.Level3.com).
Logica CMG LogicaCMG is major international force in IT services and the global leader in messaging and payments, supplying next generation messaging and billing solutions to 250 of the world's top operators in over 70 countries.
LogicaCMG offers a unique all-IP messaging architecture that offers high-speed Internet, wireless and wireline operators state-of-the-art Voicemail that provides the option to easily combine advanced messaging services like Webmail and Videomail.
More information is available from www.logicacmg.com
NeuStar NeuStar is a leading neutral third party provider of mission-critical services to telecommunications, cable companies and Internet service providers around the world. NeuStar enables the interoperability and convergence of service provider networks, operating the authoritative registry of all North American telephone numbers and administering the database services relied upon by all carriers in the United States and Canada to route billions of telephone calls daily.
Sansay Sansay develops, sells and supports innovative carrier VOIP infrastructure solutions, including core and edge session controllers which allow service providers to securely but flexibly interconnect their networks to other VOIP providers' networks and to enterprise and residential subscribers. The company's founders and executives were previously members of the founding team at Nuera Communications, where they held VP-level positions responsible for marketing, product management, engineering, technology, business development and communications.
sentitO Networks sentitO Networks is a communications systems company focusing on delivering high quality VoIP infrastructure for global service providers. Its award-winning Open Network Xchange (ONX) solution works in an open VoIP environment to deliver a wide range of service provider applications.
SupportSoft SupportSoft (Nasdaq: SPRT) is a leading provider of Real-Time Service Management (RTSMtm) software designed to accelerate and automate technical support, customer service and provide for IT endpoint automation. Our solutions also enable triple play service automation for VoIP, video or broadband delivery by digital service providers to their customers.
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.
Aspen Publishers Aspen Publishers is a Wolters Kluwer company headquartered in New York City. Aspen Publishers is the leading telecommunication information provider for attorneys, and business professionals. Telecommunications Report has been the undisputed telecom news leaders since 1934.
Written by preeminent authorities, Telecommunications Report, VoIP Policy Report, TR Daily and TR State Newswire keep you informed in the high-stakes telecom business. You get original, hard-news reporting on telecom issues available nowhere else.You can visit the website at www.aspenpublishers.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
Business Week BusinessWeek will publish a special advertising section in partnership with pulver.com in the May 16, 2005, issue. Entitiled "The New World of IP Communications: VoIP, Video, Presence, Instant Messaging and Other Breakthrough Applications" will explore the new IP communications products and services now available to corporate buyers and consumers. In addition it will also examine the host of new IP-based features and applications that could never exist in the legacy, circuit-switched telecommunications world.
For information about participating in this section, please contact Fran Hall at 973.763.2829, email: franhall@custpub.com or Stacy Sass McAnulty at 212.512. 6296, email: stacy_sass-mcanulty@businessweek.com. The section will close for advertising on April 4, 2005.
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.
InfoWorld Media Group For 26 years, InfoWorld Media Group has provided cutting-edge coverage and evaluation of IT products and services for technology experts in senior management. Through integrated channels including print, online, and events, InfoWorld reaches the most influential senior-level information technologists. www.infoworld.com
International Herald Tribune (IHT) The International Herald Tribune (www.iht.com) is the premier international newspaper for opinion leaders and decision-makers around the globe. It combines the extensive resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 28 sites throughout the world for sales in more than 180 countries. Based in Paris since 1887, the IHT is part of The New York Times Company.
Network World Network World, Inc., the Leader in Network Knowledge, empowers Network IT Executives through education, information and community. Network World, an IDG Company, is the leading provider of news, analysis, reviews, events and education on information technology. Network World publishes the leading newsweekly, Network World, hosts the most active online community, Network World Fusion (http://www.nwfusion.com), and produces educational seminars and events worldwide. Network World’s portfolio of strategic marketing programs provides marketing and agency professionals with the tools to generate high-quality leads, marketing campaigns, and create new revenue opportunities.
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.
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Telecommunications® Magazine Telecommunications® Magazine provides global insight to service providers via monthly Americas and International editions. Articles and features serve as a forum for discussion to give service provider management the knowledge they need to optimize their networks, deploy new services and develop new revenue streams. Our editorial teams--based in Boston and London--focus on access, core and transmission technologies in both wireless and wireline environments. In short, we power the service provider community with knowledge.
Telephony Magazine Telephony is the leading information provider for the telecom industry. Telephony delivers intelligence with award-winning, insightful coverage of the news, technologies, strategies and trends shaping service provider networks and businesses. Through Telephony magazine and our quarterly print supplement THE INDEPENDENT, weekly E-Newsletters, TelephonyOnline.com and conferences & events, we deliver more industry information to service providers in print, online and in person. To subscribe to Telephony magazine or our E-Newsletters, please visit www.telephonyonline.com. Also, visit our wireless industry publication, Wireless Review, on the web at www.wirelessreview.com.
The New York Times The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), a leading media company with 2003 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other newspapers, eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.com and Boston.com. For the fourth consecutive year, the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune's 2004 list of America's Most Admired Companies. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
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 With subscribers in 108 countries worldwide, VON Magazine is the Voice of IP Communications. Subscribe for Free at http://www.vonmag.com
