Panasonic is showcasing an extensive range of IP telephony solutions at AstriCon in Panasonic booth #204 at the Westin Westminster in Denver, Colorado, October 25-27.

As an AstriCon 2011 Gold sponsor, Panasonic is demonstrating a broad range of SIP telephones including SIP Cordless Phone Systems and KX-UT series which are interoperable with Asterisk's open source PBX. Panasonic's SIP telephones work with the Asterisk platform which offers both classical PBX functionality and advanced UC features.

In its seventh year, AstriCon is the longest running conference devoted to the Digium Asterisk communications platform. AstriCon brings together open source enthusiasts, from coders and system integrators to service providers and enterprise IT professionals, who are looking for an in-depth understanding of Asterisk open source technology.

Panasonic's SIP Phone Systems:

The Panasonic SIP Cordless Phone System is a small business communication solution that offers the flexibility of convenient expansion as a company grows. The KX-TGP500 system features a wall-mountable base unit and one cordless handset. Expandable up to six DECT 6.0 cordless handsets, the model supports up to eight phone numbers and three simultaneous calls. It boasts Wide Band Audio (G.722) and five hours Talk Time, 10 days Standby. Its elegant design features a white backlit large LCD on the handset and a Handset locator button on the base unit. It also has a handset speakerphone, 2.5mm headset jack and belt clip.

The KX-TGP550 model has all the features and benefits of the KX-TGP500 and adds a corded base unit with a large white backlit LCD, plus a Hands-Free Speaker phone, Handset Call Button on the base unit, and one-touch call transfer with Busy Lamp Indication.

Also on display, the Panasonic KX-UT series offers a cost-effective communications solution for businesses of all sizes that leverages the latest developments in Hosted and Open Source PBX technologies and is designed to complement a company's existing communication infrastructure. Most models feature two data ports so users can connect a second network device without the time and expense of running an additional Ethernet cable. The KX-UT series models are Power over Ethernet ready which eliminates the need for additional electrical adaptors. Wide-band, high-definition audio (G.722 codec) coupled with echo cancellation and an expanded acoustic chamber allows the KX-UT series to offer crisp sound quality for crystal clear conversation.

Panasonic is also previewing the new KX-UT670, a highly expandable corded SIP phone with a seven-inch color LCD touch screen function that will help to transform business communication. Additional key features include HD Voice (G.722), two Ethernet ports, 3-way conference calling, IP camera integration, full duplex speakerphone, 100 entry phonebook and PoE ready.

The Illinois Institute of Technology announces that its Sixth annual VoIP Conference and Expo will take place October 12-14, 2010 in Chicago. This conference, where industry and academia meet, brings together technical professionals and executives from the data and telecommunications industry, standards bodies, government agencies, as well as the business community. The presentations, exhibits, social events, and session breaks provide opportunities to discover different aspects of this rapidly evolving field.

"The overall theme of the conference is 'Where Industry Meets Academia,'" said Carol Davids, Alva C. Todd Professor of Information Technology and Management, Director, IIT SAT Voice over IP Laboratory. "Many conferences strive to bring senior level technology and business leaders together in one place but fall short of that goal. The IIT VoIP conference does just that. A full 80% of the attendees are typically senior business and technical executives from industry, representing both large multi-national companies as well as small start-ups in the space."

Conference Highlights include:

• Jeffrey Scott Cohen, Sr. Legal Counsel with the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will present on "Policy and Technology: The FCC's goals for Broadband Technology, 911 Alerting and Cyber Security"
• Christopher Mayer, Vice-President, Systems Integration and Testing, Verizon Communications will chair a panel session on "Carriers View of VoIP and the Future"
• Eric Burger, Georgetown University will address "Interoperability - We Can Achieve It - IETF Can Help" in a Keynote discussion.
• Henning Schulzrinne, Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science and the Dept. of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University and co-author of numerous IETF RFCs, including SIP will speak on the smart-grid theme, "Connecting VoIP and Location with the Physical World."
• Richard Shockey, Chairman of the Board of the SIPForum, will chair a panel entitled, "The V in VoIP is Video," examining the implications of recent explosion of products and services that allow us to stream video as part of our daily lives. Visit the SIP Tutorial tab on the conference website.
• Henry Sinnreich and Alan Johnston, Industry consultants and authors will lead a full-day optional SIP Tutorial on October 12, and will also discuss in the main Conference, "How will VoIP reincarnate in the Web and Cloud worlds?"

Planned topics for the sessions include:

• Voice over IP over Anything
• Unified Communications
• Voice over HTTP over IP - Voice over Web
• Voices from Beyond the Internet
• Mobility and VoIP
• Protocols, Architectures & Infrastructure
• Operations Test & Measurement
• Emergency Services
• Cloud Telephony
• Smart Grid
• Voice on the Web
• Security And VoIP Networks, and
• Others

Unified Communications is coming of age and it's being driven by the urgent demand for SIP trunking, which lowers operating costs and delivers rapid ROI. To address the need for information on the what, why and how of Unified Communications and SIP trunking, Ingate Systems is partnering with TMC, thought-leaders and vendors in the space to present the new SIP Trunk-Unified Communications Summit at ITEXPO West 2010.

Free to all ITEXPO attendees, the Summit is a three-day seminar series providing in-depth educational information on SIP trunking and Unified Communications. The Summit will include general information panels and technical insight sessions from both the service provider and enterprise perspectives, and will feature visionaries driving the industry.

To date, confirmed speakers include Dialogic, Iwatsu, Mitel NetSolutions, ShoreTel, The SIP School and VOIPSA. David Yedwab, a Founding Partner in Market Strategy and Analytics Partners LLC., contributor to Unified Communications Strategies and TMCnet columnist, will discuss the future for service providers in a UC-enabled world. Additionally, service provider Telia will present their SIP trunk implementation with Intertex Data AB as a case study. Joel Maloff of Maloff NetResults will moderate the panel discussions.

The SIP Trunk-UC Summit will be held October 4-6, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

"This season will feature a strong focus on ROI. The economy has forced decision-makers to take a hard look at new technologies, to invest in solutions that lower costs, improve productivity and are easy to implement. SIP trunking fits the bill," said Steven Johnson, President, Ingate Systems. "SIP trunking is a secure, cost-effective way for enterprises to adopt SIP, and it's the first step toward UC adoption."

Sessions this season will include:

SIP Trunking Professional Development Program

• Building for ROI
• Case Studies
• Service Provider Perspective - US and European Views
• How to Sell SIP
• Town Hall Meeting: SIP, UC and Security
• Unified Communications Day

Fax-over-IP

• Legacy PBX/PSTN and SIP Trunking
• The Future for Service Providers in a UC-Enabled World
• The ROI of SIP Trunking and UC
• SIP Trunk Boot Camp

Deploying SIP Trunks - Getting it Right the First Time

• SIP Trunk "Basic Training" with Ingate
• Live demonstrations, during which participants will set up a SIP trunk in 20 minutes on-site, will also be part of the program.

Attendees can earn a SIP Trunking Professional Certificate by participating in the Professional Development Program on the first day of the Show.

"Ingate's SIP Trunk-UC Summit series is a unique opportunity for ITEXPO attendees to get a crash course on SIP trunking from the experts," said Rich Tehrani, CEO and group editor-in-chief for TMC, hosts of ITEXPO. "We are proud to once again work with Ingate Systems in providing these educational seminars at ITEXPO."

XO Communications in collaboration with TMCNet and BroadSoft, will host an interactive webinar on May 12th entitled, "Beyond SIP Trunking - Unify the Enterprise." The event will bring together several SIP trunking experts to discuss the latest industry trends and insights on how distributed enterprises can streamline their managed voice services.

Specifically, the hour-long session will cover topics such as the benefits of SIP trunking services and future trends, how to evaluate the return-on-investment of SIP, as well as things to consider when evaluating SIP trunk service providers. It will also offer an inside glimpse of various enterprise networks before and after SIP trunking was implemented.

The webinar will feature the insights and perspective of leading SIP trunking experts, including:

• Lisa Pierce, founder and president of Strategic Networks Group, a consultancy dedicated to improving the quality of emerging telecommunications and IT services, and the service experience that business customers receive from key suppliers. She brings a unique expertise in a wide range of network technology including SIP trunking, unified communications, broadband access, managed network services, among other things.
• Steve Carter, senior product manager at XO Communications, led the launch of the company's SIP trunking services, including XO Enterprise SIP, which won the INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award in 2009.
• Alex Doyle, senior director of global solutions marketing at BroadSoft, has been intricately involved in the development of the BroadWorks application platform and has been responsible for product solution management of BroadSoft's business and consumer applications.
• Erin Harrison, senior editor of TMCnet, is a seasoned reporter and editor and covers IP communications, information technology and other related topics for TMCnet.

Webinar Details: Beyond SIP Trunking - Unify the Enterprise When: May 12th at 2:00 p.m. EDT Who Should Attend: Both technical and non-technical audiences from U.S.-based businesses Registrations: Complimentary Webinar - Click here to register for the webinar.

XO Enterprise SIP XO Communications is an industry leader in SIP trunking solutions for distributed enterprises. Its newest solution, XO Enterprise SIP, enables customers to utilize a centralized IP-PBX architecture in key locations to deliver VoIP services to branch locations across an existing wide area network or using the XO MPLS IP-VPN solution. Moreover, utilizing XO Enterprise SIP customers can achieve a number of benefits including:

• Lower Total Cost of Ownership by using a single or fewer IP-PBXs to support all locations;
• Reduced Operating Costs by not having to maintain costly PRI facilities or local voice trunks at each location, and eliminating the operating expense of managing separate voice and data networks;
• Greater Flexibility by allowing locations to burst above their normal call capacity and sharing idle voice trunk capacity from other locations across the enterprise;
• Increased Efficiency in network management through simplified and converged network operations, significantly less effort to connect new locations to the public switched telephone network;
• Business Continuity with redundant Enterprise SIP connections and the ability to automatically re-route calls to alternate locations;
• Extensive Nationwide Availability of XO VoIP services in all 50 states and more than 2,700 cities.

The SIP Forum has announced that its next SIP Interoperability Testing event, SIPit 26, will be held May 17-21, 2010 in Kista, Sweden. The event will be hosted by Edvina and TANDBERG, and sponsored by Intertex, Ingate, .se, and the IPv6 Forum as an association sponsor.

Conducted by the SIP Forum twice a year, SIPits are the world’s premier interoperability testing events for the SIP, bringing together the leading SIP application developers, service providers and IP communications equipment manufacturers to ensure their SIP implementations work seamlessly together in an IP network testing environment. An important goal of the SIPit events is to help refine both the SIP protocol and its implementations in order to further establish SIP as a global interoperable standard for real-time Internet communication services.

"SIPit 26 brings together equipment vendors and service providers across the global IP communications industry to test and validate their SIP implementations in a live, real-world IP network setting in Kista, Sweden, a center of telecom technology in the suburbs of Stockholm,” said Marc Robins, SIP Forum President and Managing Director. "In addition, this spring event will also give companies the chance to test specifications from standards bodies such as the IETF, as well as recommendations formulated by SIP Forum task groups. A goal is to reinforce the progress that these groups are making to further establish the SIP protocol within the service provider, consumer and enterprise network environments.”

SIPit is organized by the SIP Forum’s Test Event Working Group and serves as a “plugfest” for participating companies to perform SIP interoperability testing with other participants in a live network environment. Conducted twice a year, with events rotating in the United States, Europe, and Asia, the SIP Forum has hosted 25 plugfest events around the globe. The previous event, SIPit 25, was hosted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab in Durham, New Hampshire in September 2009.

“The SIPit events are extremely effective testbeds, both for implementations and for specifications,” said Robert Sparks, chair of the SIP Forum’s Test Event Working Group. “We frequently have participants indicate that a week spent at SIPit provides results that would have taken months to achieve with individual pair-wise testing. Information about the state of implementation and interoperability of the specifications has been very useful in informing ongoing standards work.”

"Interoperability is the foundation for the TCP/IP protocol suite. As we move to realtime communications, it's important to test interoperability in all the platforms that are developed. For us in the Asterisk.org Open Source development group, it's been really important to participate in SIPit, where we can test, learn and improve our solution in a very open and friendly setting. SIPit is an important part of the success of the IETF Session Initiation Protocol," says Olle E. Johansson, founder of Edvina and developer of Asterisk. "We're proud to host this event in partnership with TANDBERG and thus become part of the success story of SIPit."

Technology Marketing Corporation and Crossfire Media announce that Verizon Wireless’ Executive Director for Ecosystem Development, Brian Higgins, will deliver a Keynote Address to the combined audience of their 4GWE Conference and ITEXPO East 2010 in Miami. Higgins’ address takes place Thursday, January 21st, at 10:15 AM, Eastern.

This session will provide the audience with an update on the latest developments coming out of Verizon Wireless’ LTE Innovation Center, and will touch upon emerging opportunities for the Verizon Developer Community.

With more than fourteen years of wireless telecommunications experience, Brian has played a lead role in various initiatives within Verizon Wireless and its predecessor companies, including enterprise software development and support, new product implementation, nationwide in-building management, spectrum acquisition and planning, and custom solution development for enterprise and public safety.

“4GWE conference in Miami will feature extensive content discussing the differences between LTE and WiMAX, and we’re sure that Brian’s session will be of great interest to all who attend 4GWE and ITEXPO,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO and group editor-in-chief of TMC.

As Executive Director for Ecosystem Development within Verizon Wireless, Brian is responsible for managing the LTE Innovation Center and developer support for the Verizon Developer Community. Brian holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Rutgers University. He has also earned an additional master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

“This is the audience and the right time to engage in building the kind of infrastructure, software, services and applications that will be critical to a successful of 4G in the U.S. and globally. Verizon Wireless is committed to full collaboration as we build and prepare for the U.S. rollout of 4G networks, because we understand that our future success as a company will not be ours alone,” Higgins said.

“Verizon is a leader in the roll out of broadband wireless services and applications using LTE. The 4GWE Conference will focus on the companies driving the adoption of these services, and we are delighted to have Brian Higgins addressing the community regarding mobile broadband services and third party applications,” said Carl Ford, co-founder Crossfire Media and 4G Wireless Evolution Community Developer.

Registration for 4GWE Conference and ITEXPO remain open. The complete program for each conference is available on its Web site as well.

Groteck Business Media gathers 1000 Russian system integrators, corporate end-users, distributors and local authorities to meet with Russian and global security, IT and telecom vendors and suppliers at the Second Annual ALL-OVER-IP Forum on 19 November, 2009 in Sokolniki Expo in Moscow, Russia.

The list of participants registered to July 31, 2009 is published at the official Forum website: http://eng.all-over-ip.ru/forum/registered_participants

The list of the registered participants will be regularly updated to assist vendors in getting prepared for the Forum.

The total audience will include:

700 Russian system integrators, dealers and resellers

300 corporate end-users and local authorities

Each visitor is carefully prequalified by the Organizer before their registration is approved. The visitor should be interested in communicating with IP security and IT suppliers and have purchasing budgets for 2010.

"Participation in ALL-OVER-IP allows working only with target groups of customers. Unlike global events, ALL-OVER-IP Forum has no idle audience that can take our time, efforts and money." Alexey Ginze, AAM Systems

Customers are represented by managers responsible for security and IT purchases as well as leading engineers.

For more information on exhibiting at ALL-OVER-IP 2009, please contact Alla Aldushina, International Marketing Officer at aldushina@groteck.ru or int@groteck.ru

Exhibitors: www.all-over-ip.ru/conference/partners_2009

Confirmed participation: Axis Communications, Milestone Systems A/S, Mobotix AG, MicroDigital, Mitsubishi Electric, AAM Systems, Byterg, Itruim SPB, Stilsoft, Teleincome-PC, Aktiv SB.

Guests of the Forum: Hikvision, Network Video Technologies, Dynacolor, GEBS

More than 500 international delegates from across the globe will converge in Beirut to take part in Arabcom 2009, one of the biggest telecom summits in the Arab World.

Under the Patronage and in the presence of The Minister of Telecom in Lebanon, H.E. Eng. Gibran Bassil, Arabcom 2009 will be held in Parallel with the Arab Telecom Ministers Annual meeting in Lebanon, on 28-29 May 2009 at the Habtoor Grand Hotel , Beirut.

Arabcom theme is 'Broadband and beyond - Strategic partnership for growth in the region,' Arabcom aims to provide a comprehensive review of the region?s telecommunications industry as well as help in laying out a strategic roadmap for its future development, said Arabcom Group, the organizers.

'The conference comes at a time when the telecom industry is poised for a 'healthy rebound' thanks to growing use of broadband and wireless, said Katia Tayar, founder and president of Arabcom group

It's boom time for the telecom sector in the Arab world, Tayar said, especially with the ICT and mobile penetration rates at an all-time high.

With a 300 million population in 22 countries, the Arab World is witnessing strong growth in telecom subscriber numbers and also rising competition.

'The ICT penetration has reached 5 per cent in many cases and 150 per cent in some others, which makes the Telecom and ICT a huge promising growing field,' Tayar pointed out.

'Lebanon Mobile Telecom penetration has reached 28 per cent of the population with just two operators,' she added.

The Arab World is under pressure to deliver quality telecom and ICT services especially with the introduction of new licenses and regulations.

With the launch of the Telecom Regulatory Authority in Lebanon in 2007 the sector started witnessing a promising future. The TRA is set to privatize and liberalize the market and soon introduce new telecom services, as well as sell new licenses in several fields.

Key issues
The most important annual telecom summit since 1998, Arabcom, will spotlight issues that are key to the development of the telecom sector and discuss the latest technologies, business models, network deployment and case studies.

The summit helps exhibitors to meet clients, partners and prospects face to face, shorten the sales process and generate more leads and reach the right decision makers. 'No other event can provide so many potential clients in one place,' she added.

The high-profile event will attract telecom ministers, regulators, investors, operators, carriers, industry leaders and professionals from across the globe. The Arab Telecom Ministers' annual conference will run parallel to the Summit

Developing sustainable solutions for telecommunications infrastructure in the Arab world, Telecommunications and corporate responsibility strategies, gaining a strong position in the global market and successful launch of operations both regionally and globally are the issues the conference will touch upon, Tayar noted.

The highlights of the Arabcom sessions are:

• Ministers of Telecom Panel : Keynote speeches
• Ministers / Operators ? Investors Round tables
• Successful Case studies presented by world CEO speakers
• S2- Regulators Panel : Promoting Investments
• S3- Broadband session : Building effective networks to address developing needs
• S4- Liberalization, Privatization, Investment session
• S5- Developing new services & Business Models session

The event is free for operators and government delegates.

Voiceserve exhibited its latest VOIPSWITCH products at CeBIT 2009 in Hanover, Germany. The dynamic range of Voipswitch modules incorporated in the Voipswitch solution caters for a very broad range of Softswitch VOIP clientele. Interested potential clientele included WIFI, ISP and VOIP operators. VOIP hardware manufacturers from Asia, Europe and the USA exhibiting their wares at the fair showed interest in having the Voipswitch modules incorporated in their hardware. At the Exhibition, demonstrations were given showing the latest window mobile and IP-PBX software in addition to the already versatile standard Voipswitch modules.

Internet Telephony Conference & Expo East 2009 takes place February 2, 2009 - February 4, 2009 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida. Listed below are the exhibitor profiles.



Company: Aculab
Booth: 516
Media Contact: Soma Deshprabhu
Phone: 44 (0)1908 273827
E-mail: soma.deshprabhu@aculab.com
Web: www.aculab.com

Aculab?s enabling technology products offer easy integration into high performance communications platforms. Its Prosody portfolio provides adaptable, high density media processing for use in VoIP and TDM applications in both carrier and enterprise markets.

GroomerII is a cost-effective signaling and media gateway with intelligent call routing between ISDN or SS7 and SIP-based applications deployed in IP networks.

The ApplianX IP Gateway and the ApplianX Gateway for Microsoft OCS 2007 are resilient, single purpose, ?plug & play? network appliances, designed to help enterprises reduce operational costs, extend the life of existing TDM-based equipment and take advantage of new IP-based services and endpoints.

Company: BASIS AUDIONET
Booth: 427
Media Contact: Ilka Bodmann
Phone: 49 4121 4729-375
E-mail: bodmann@avantaxx.de
Web: www.basis-audionet.com

Basis Audionet is a full-service IT organization that develops and supports carrier and enterprise-grade solutions for the telecommunications industry. Our platform solutions for wireline, wireless and next generation IP networks are innovative, reliable and cost-effective. Backed by a global customer base, we feature consulting, development and integration along with the hosting and housing of system hardware, all with full after-sales support.

Basis Audionet ensures end-to-end lifecycle oversight of the creation, deployment, and management of communications services and applications. By leveraging open standards and interfaces, Basis Audionet is able to serve the needs of Carriers, ISPs, Resellers and MSOs to utilize new technologies while supporting legacy infrastructure for true convergent services.

Company: Broadvox
Booth: 208
Media Contact: David Byrd
Phone: 214.646.8004
E-mail: dbyrd@broadvox.com
Web: www.broadvox.com & www.ipmanadventures.com

Founded in 2001, Broadvox is a worldwide leader in providing integrated managed VoIP services to SMBs, Enterprises and Carriers. It has deployed one of the largest, full-featured global VoIP networks and is trusted by more than 200 telecommunications carriers, CLECs, ISPs and several thousand enterprises to terminate and originate over six billion minutes annually. The Broadvox network operations center provides the reliability, security and quality of service required by the world?s most discriminating customers. Broadvox offers SIP Trunking, SIP origination and termination services and hosted communications solutions. SIP Trunking includes unlimited local calling and long distance, E911, LNP and DIDs. Broadvox is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Company: Endstream Communications
Booth: 632
Media Contact: Mindy Gordon
Phone: (212) 796-5501
E-mail: mgordon@endstream.com
Web: www.endstream.com

Endstream is a privately held, facilities-based telecommunications company offering high-grade wholesale carrier termination services to CLECs, IXCs, Voice-over-IP providers, as well as a wide range of services to enterprise customers. A strong, dedicated development team and real-world testing have resulted in one of the industry's most advanced, and reliable, networks with superior voice quality equal to or better than traditional digital services. Endstream has only the highest quality routes in the US and select Tier 1 international routes, and its custom pricing plans allow for highly cost-effective termination.

Company: Faxsipit Services Inc.
Booth: 534
Media Contact: Eli Mann
Phone: 604-375-3790
E-mail: emann@faxsipit.com
Web: www.faxsipit.com

A VoIP network is not a Fax-over-IP (FoIP) network. VoIP networks can transmit faxes to some numbers, some of the time. Customers replacing analog phone and fax systems with IP based systems need more. They need the same delivery rate and quality from the new systems ? with all of their existing faxing options supported.

The FaxSIPit Network is a proven IP-based fax network that has transmitted millions of faxes successfully by insuring that all fax calls terminate to TDM lines ? technology that has worked for decades. VoIP providers can route their local fax traffic to local TDM lines. Faxes transmitted outside the local area can be routed to the FaxSIPit Network.

A SIP Fax Trunking package from FaxSIPit is used in conjunction with FaxBack NET SatisFAXtion fax server software and includes IP based fax numbers (DIDs) that have been tested for fax use.

Company: G-Tek
Booth: 728
Media Contact: Andrew Blakely
Phone: 214.563.9294
E-mail: Andrew@GTek.com.tw
Web: www.gtek.com.tw

G-Tek provides all aspects of telecommunications product development and manufacturing services for its Partners. Some Partners select to work with G-Tek through the entire Development and Rollout process, whereas other Partners may select to work with G-Tek for the purpose of decreasing costs and/or expediting products to market.

G-Tek Partners brand the G-Tek solutions as their own, implement their own Marketing programs, use their own marketing materials, provide their own Pre- and Post-Sales support for their customers, and work with G-Tek developing Product Roadmap and other business plans and strategies.

Company: IQ Services
Booth: 527
Media Contact: Marla Geary
Phone: 612-243-5117
E-mail: mgeary@iq-services.com
Web: www.iq-services.com

IQ Services delivers proactive managed testing services to help businesses meet the ROI and customer satisfaction objectives for their contact center and communication solutions.

IQ Services offers end-to-end testing services to assure integrated solutions are as thoroughly tested as the individual technologies (IPT, IVR, CTI, etc). All services are performed from the customer perspective so solution performance and customer experience can be observed, managed and verified. Throughout the life cycle, IQ Services offers performance and load testing, application feature testing, availability monitoring, enterprise IP telephony management and testing, and other services for businesses expecting high system efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Company: MERA Systems
Booth: 433
Media Contact: Daria Golyanina
Phone: 1.905.882.8603 ext. 5973
E-mail: daria@mera-systems.com
Web: www.mera-systems.com

MERA Systems is a leading developer in VoIP switching solutions and information security systems for carriers and service providers. The state-of-the-art technologies combined with a team of highly qualified professionals are key benefits that allows MERA Systems to offer carriers innovative VoIP solutions bringing efficiency, scalability and rich functionality. MERA Systems? worldwide presence is built on a powerful combination of technological leadership, knowledge of market needs and commitment to excellence both in products and service. To date, MERA has 600 customer deployments in 74 countries. MERA Systems? innovations solve today?s challenges and lay the ground for tomorrow?s success.

Company: Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.
Booth: 818
Media Contact: Paul Kraska
Phone: 1-763-785-3500
E-mail: pkraska@multitech.com
Web: www.multitech.com

Multi-Tech Systems (www.multitech.com) manufacturers Unified Communications, device networking and embedded communications products connecting voice and data over IP networks. Since 1970, Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., has designed and manufactured high-quality, innovative, global communication products and continues to provide exceptional service and support exceeding customer expectations. Today?s mission is the same featuring new technologies with an identical focus: connecting voice and data over IP networks. Multi-Tech products include: MultiVOIP voice/fax over IP gateways, FaxFinder network fax servers, RouteFinder Internet security appliances, SMSFinder turnkey SMS servers, MultiConnect external device servers, CallFinder cellular gateways, MultiModem cellular and PSTN device networking products, plus SocketModem and MMCModem embedded communications products.

Company: SOUNDWIN NETWORK INC
Booth: 727
Media Contact: MICHELLE
Phone: 886 3 5635662
E-mail: michelle@soundwin.com
Web: www.soundwin.com

Founded in 2004 as a VoIP developer, Soundwin's main product lines have advanced VoIP access devices such as 2 ? 24 analog lines VoIP gateway, IP phone, ATA Wi-Fi ATA, IP PBX, VPN GATEWAY and GSM-VoIP gateway system for enterprise, SOHO, and ITSP markets.

Company: Telecom Gear
Booth: 234
Media Contact: Jessi Evans
Phone: 800-964-4327
E-mail: jessi@telecomgearonline.com
Web: www.telecomgearonline.com

Telecom Gear is the professional?s resource for buying and selling telecommunications equipment. Whether you are a telecom installer, a telecom wholesaler, or even a Fortune 500 End user, Telecom Gear has been and continues to be the go to guide for all your telecommunication needs.

Company: Touchstone Technologies, Inc.
Booth: 212
Media Contact: Beth Coupe
Phone: 1.215.672.6550
E-mail: sales@touchstone-inc.com
Web: www.touchstone-inc.com

Touchstone Technologies has been providing essential communications testing solutions since 1989. Specializing in delivering exceptional value in state-of-the-art voice and video test and measurement products, Touchstone offers highly scalable, widely deployable call generation, monitoring, and analysis tools designed for complete lifecycle testing of networks and network devices. The WinSIP? and Win323? real-time call generators feature 100% software based voice and video over IP call emulation. Our WinEyeQ? monitoring and analysis solution provides an intuitive VoIP-centric view of your network traffic. All of the products implement our new peering fabric, offering unprecedented scalability as well as seamless integration with third-party applications.

Company: Venali, Inc.
Booth: 412
Media Contact: Jessica Justh
Phone: 786-552-1900 x1023
E-mail: jessica.justh@venali.com
Web: www.venali.com

Venali is a leading provider of Internet Fax Services to corporations around the world. Hundreds of enterprise and Fortune 500 customers rely on our Desktop and Production Fax Solutions to streamline the sending, receiving, and managing of fax communications. Our partner network provides integration with technologies and industries of every kind worldwide. Venali's corporate headquarters are located in Miami, Florida. International offices are in Germany, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Global enterprises all over the world know and rely on Venali as the leader for fax solutions.

Company: VoIPConsultants.biz, LLC
Booth: 329
Media Contact: Steve Safley
Phone: 847-230-9225
E-mail: swsafley@voipconsultants.biz
Web: www.voipconsultants.biz

We are a leading agency devoted to private label hosted VoIP services. Our clients come from all backgrounds [ISP, Cable Co., CLEC, 'pure play' VoIP company] and want to brand sell VoIP services to their customers under their own brand. Our clients have the freedom to work directly with our carrier partner, or to procure their services through our agency's contract. The latter is new offer for our agency in 2009 and has already received a tremendous response from our clients. We offer even more choices and our goal is to help our clients whenever possible while being easy to do business with.

Wireless and Internet world leaders are converging at the Hotel 480 in San Francisco next week for one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the year. The Open Mobile Summit, November 19-20, is a groundbreaking conference exploring the move to open up the mobile value chain, and deliver the mobile Internet.

The Open Mobile Summit features industry heavyweights from both the wireless establishment ? mobile operators, handset manufacturers and software giants ? as well as Internet, WiMAX, VoIP and mobile web players.

Scheduled keynote speakers at the Open Mobile Summit include Marco Boerries EVP Yahoo!, Barry West President XOHM Sprint, Rich Minor GM Mobile Google, Len Lauer COO Qualcomm, Rich Green EVP Sun Microsystems and Mary McDowell EVP and CDO Nokia. The event also features top execs from T-Mobile, Verizon, Amazon, Research In Motion (Blackberry), LG, AOL, Symbian, Mozilla, Glu Mobile, Orange, WindRiver, Skype, AT&T and more.

To see the complete list of 68 speakers please visit http://www.openmobilesummit.com/speakers.aspx

The Open Mobile Summit is taking place November 19-20 an Hotel 480, Sutter Street, San Francisco.