[December 10, 2003] Cisco, Alcatel, Lucent, MCI, Qovia, Toshiba To Ponder “The Future of IP Telephony” Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) today announced it has gathered a panel of VoIP industry giants — including market leaders Cisco Systems and Lucent Technologies — for the new “The Future of IP Telephony” session at their upcoming INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO (www.itexpo.com), February 11-13, 2004, in Miami, Florida. The hour-long discussion, featuring lively, carefully selected Q&A designed to show how the promise of IP telephony will translate into real benefits in coming years, takes place Wednesday, February 11th at 5:00pm. Admission is free for all conference attendees. According to Rich Tehrani, President and Group Editor-in-Chief of TMC and the session’s moderator, “We’ve created this special session to allow the most respected companies delivering VoIP solutions the opportunity to sit in front of their potential customers and explain why it makes sense to choose IP telephony now — and to show how solutions deployed today will enable the addition of amazing new features and benefits down the road. “For attendees, it’s a chance to have some of their fears surrounding an investment in VoIP allayed before they take the plunge and select an IP telephony system,” added Tehrani. Confirmed panelists for “The Future of IP Telephony” include: Alcatel: Peter Spencer, Vice President of Business Development Cisco Systems: Alex Hadden-Boyd, Director of Marketing, Product Technology Voice Marketing Group MCI: Barry Zipp, Senior Director of Intelligent Services Qovia: Pierce Reid, Vice President of Marketing Toshiba Digital Solutions: Christopher Labrador, Vice President Product Manager Lucent Technologies: Presenter TBA Registration for the show is now open. Anyone interested may register by visiting http://www.itexpo.com. Limited booth space is still available as well. Vendors interested in exhibiting at the show should contact Dave Rodriguez right away at 1-203-852-6800, ext. 146. Or send email to [email protected]. About TMC® Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading technology publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) produces industry-leading trade magazines and events focused on technology and communications. TMC® publishes two magazines: Customer Inter@ction Solutions?, and Internet Telephony®, and the online publications, TMCnet.com®, Planet PDA? Magazine, Alternative Power™ and BiometriTechTM. TMC® is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs?, and provide factual and unbiased product reviews. TMC® also produces The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit™, BiometriTech™ and Planet PDA™: The Enterprise PDA Event. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC®, visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]