MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 21, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) --
WHAT: The 2003 CDMA Americas Congress will bring together
leaders in the wireless industry from North and Latin
America. Co-organized by the CDMA Development Group
(CDG) and the Institute for International Research
(IIR), the annual event features an impressive
line-up of speakers. This year's comprehensive
program will include discussions regarding 3G
network deployments and business and revenue
opportunities with CDMA2000(r) in the Americas.
WHO: Keynote speakers and featured presenters at this
year's Americas Congress are executives from leading
companies in the wireless industry, including:
-- Ralph de la Vega, President, BellSouth Latin
America
-- Cindy Christy, Chief Operating Officer, Mobility
Solutions Group, Lucent Technologies
-- Siren Petersen, Senior Vice President and General
Manager, Nokia
-- Dion Joannou, President, Caribbean and Latin
America, Nortel Networks
-- Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Qualcomm
-- Gilles Delfassy, Senior Vice President,
Worldwide Wireless Terminals Business Unit,
Texas Instruments
-- Dick Lynch, Chief Technical Officer, Verizon
Wireless
-- Mark Handler, Executive Vice President and
Managing Director, International, Walt Disney
Internet Group
Additional presenters include senior representatives
from Bell Mobility, Bermuda Digital Communications,
Bingo Wireless, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Future,
Gartner, IBM, IDC, iGillott Research, KDDI, KTF,
Kyocera Wireless Corp., Midwest Wireless, Monet
Mobile Networks, Inc., Nextel, Outlook4Mobility,
SK Telecom, Sprint PCS, Telcel, Telefonica del
Peru, Telispire, Telstra, U.S. Cellular, Verizon
Wireless, Virgin Mobile, and the Yankee Group.
Speakers from the content and application community
include: AOL, Mobliss, Inc., Moviso, Vindigo
Studios, Walt Disney Internet Group, Warner Music
Group, and Yahoo! Mobile.
Further information can be found on the event Web
site at www.cdma-americas.com.
WHEN: Dec. 8-10, 2003
WHERE: Miami Beach Conference Center
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139 USA
PRESS
REGISTRATION: Contact Valerie Christopherson of the CDG News Bureau
at (714) 540-1030 ext. 14 or via e-mail at
vchristopherson@bockpr.com to obtain the latest CDMA
Americas Congress program and to register for the
event.