Executives from CMP Technology and NXTcomm today announced the co-location of CMP's Broadband Wireless World at NXTcomm08, June 16-19, 2008, in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Broadband Wireless World will include an exhibit pavilion on the NXTcomm trade show floor, which will be the official wireless destination at NXTcomm, showcasing 60+ vendors specializing in wireless technologies and mobile broadband solutions. It will also feature a two-day conference led by Heavy Reading's top mobile industry analysts Patrick Donegan and Gabriel Brown, who will discuss today's critical broadband wireless issues, including:

• The transition to next-generation Evolved 3G, WiMAX and LTE networks
• The impact of open-access business models on mobile Internet applications
• An assessment of Google's mobile industry plans, and the 700 MHz technology options and deployment strategies
• Flat all-IP wireless network architectures optimized for mobile broadband
• Fixed-wireless technologies such as mesh, Ethernet microwave and WiMAX access

"Broadband Wireless World and NXTcomm is a powerful combination," said Joseph Braue, Group Director and Senior Vice President of CMP's Light Reading, the world's leading service provider brand, which is running the event.  "Broadband Wireless World brings a 10-year history of delivering quality information to leading service providers including mobile operators, ISPs, wireline carriers, utilities and municipalities. NXTcomm is quite simply the biggest service provider show where all these groups converge." 

“The co-location of CMP’s Broadband Wireless World at NXTcomm08 makes perfect sense, because NXTcomm is a major destination for service providers and enterprise customers searching for technology and solution partners," NXTcomm Executive Director Wayne Crawford said. "NXTcomm08 can give CMP and the communications industry what they are most interested in: a venue with stellar technology- and business model-oriented conference programming, exhibition and networking opportunities. Attendees want to meet and hear from the best and the brightest in converged communications, and the co-location of Broadband Wireless World helps us achieve this goal by showcasing the future of mobile broadband networks. We look forward to working with CMP to host and co-locate Broadband Wireless World at NXTcomm in 2008.”

For more information on exhibiting in the Broadband Wireless World Pavilion at NXTcomm08 or sponsoring the Broadband Wireless World educational conference, please contact sales@lightreading.com or visit www.broadband-wireless.com.

For more information on exhibiting or sponsoring at NXTcomm08, please contact Neil Gaffney of NXTcomm at ngaffney@NXTcommShow.com or 703.907.7011.

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NXTcomm08 announced this week that it has signed on as an Billing & OSS World 2008 Conference & Expo media sponsor, along with TMCnet. NXTcomm, the industry event co-owned by the TIA and USTelecom, features the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment. Cross-promoting the two complementary events is expected to boost awareness for the Billing & OSS World Show among the expected 22,000 attendees at NXTcomm08, officials said.

As part of the sponsorship, NXTcomm08 is promoting the Billing & OSS 2008 World Conference & Expo in its marketing materials and on the NXTcomm 2008 Web site. NXTcomm unites top ICT suppliers and technology companies with the world's leading communications and entertainment companies that together are driving broadband-based innovation around the world.

The Billing & OSS World 2008 Conference & Expo is April 29 - May 1 in Chicago. For more conference details, visit www.billingworldexpo.com.

For general questions about NXTcomm media sponsor and barter opportunities, please contact Jacqueline Williams at jwilliams@NXTcommShow.com or (703) 907-7420.

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Starting this week, T IA invites member companies to submit nominations for individuals to serve on its 2008 board of directors, which will see four seats open for the coming year. Board terms run three years, and requires a commitment to attend all three triennial meetings, as well as to maintain communications with TIA leadership throughout the term.

TIA's board of directors consists of CEOs, presidents and other senior executives from member companies in good standing. 

If interested, please direct inquiries to Grant Seiffert or Mary Waters at 703.907.7701 and submit a written request, either to Mary at to mwaters@tiaonline.org or via fax at 703.841.2817 by January 15, 2008.

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) will host a major event focusing on information and communications technologies (ICT) in motor vehicles. This event, The Fully Networked Car Workshop 2008, will be held March 5-7, 2008, during the 78th Geneva International Motor Show in Palexpo, Geneva.

Topics to be covered at The Fully Networked Car Workshop 2008 can be found at http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ict-auto/200803/.

The ITU has issued a call for abstracts for the workshop, including demonstrations of ICT in automobiles.  Potential presenters should submit a half-page abstract, including the title of the paper and the author’s full name, short biography, address, telephone and e-mail, to tsbcar@itu.int by Friday, November 16, 2007.  Presenters will be notified of their acceptance status by Friday, December 14, 2007, and should respond with presentations no later than Tuesday, January 29, 2008.

For information on the 2005 Workshop, go to http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ict-auto/200503/index.html; for information on the 2007 Workshop, go to http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/ict-auto/200703/index.html. 

For more information on The Fully Networked Car Workshop 2008, please contact Tyler Messa at +1.703.907.7743 or tmessa@tiaonline.org.

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