[September 12, 2008]

Texas Instruments Executive to Keynote Communications Developer Conference

NORWALK, Conn. --(Business Wire)-- Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) announced today that Fred Zimmerman, Director, CPE VoIP Solutions with Texas Instruments' Communications Infrastructure & Voice Business, has agreed to deliver a keynote address at the 5th annual Communications Developer Conference, to be held from September 16-18, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Zimmerman's address, which is open to all registered attendees, will take place Wednesday September 17, 2008 at 11:30am (PDT). Registration for the conference is now open at http://www.commdeveloper.com.

The Communications Developer Conference is the only conference in the world this year 100 percent dedicated to educating pioneers building the next-generation of communications applications. In addition to Mr. Zimmerman's keynote address, the show features three days of conferences, great networking opportunities, and an Exhibit Hall featuring all of the latest Communications development tools.

"The communications industry continues to explode as enterprise and residential users recognize the benefits of IP telephony as more than just cost savings over traditional phones, said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Conference Chair. "Texas Instruments is behind some of the biggest developments in communications, so I am excited to hear the insights that Fred Zimmerman will offer to attendees of the Communications Developer Conference."

As the director of product management and applications in TI's VoIP business, Fred Zimmerman defines the strategies and products to support the adoption of VoIP in gateways, IP phones, WLAN IP phones, video telephony products and WiFi/Bluetooth solutions. Previously, Zimmerman served as the Director of Silicon Platform Development for the VoIP business unit. He was also the department manager a business unit developing embedded DSP chipset solutions for storage applications. He has held a variety of engineering and management roles in groups focusing on consumer, PC, and military semiconductor applications during a career spanning 20 years. Zimmerman has a BS in Computer Science from Regents College and is a Member Emeritus of the group technical staff at TI.

"Texas Instruments is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the 2008 Communications Developer Conference, a show dedicated to helping OEMs, ODMs and service providers solve the challenges they face when implementing or deploying the latest IP-based innovations and applications," said Fred Zimmerman, Director, CPE VoIP Solutions, Communications Infrastructure & Voice Business at Texas Instruments. "I am excited to share our vision of SMB-specific technology developments that will allow customers to meet the demands of the global community as we migrate towards a world where every connection is voice enabled."

Registration for the Communications Developer Conference is now open. Anyone interested may register by visiting www.commdeveloper.com. Limited booth space is still available as well. Vendors interested in exhibiting at the show should contact Dave Rodriguez at 1-203-852-6800, ext. 146 or at drodriguez@tmcnet.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is an integrated global media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and IMS Magazine. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by nearly one million US visitors according to Quantcast* and by two to three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Call Center 2.0 Conference and Communications Developer Conference.

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