Technology Marketing Corporation's COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS FALL EXPO 2000 Premieres at the Sands Convention Center Next Week

Business Wire, Nov 30, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

Communications Solutions Expo 2000

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(TM))'s Communications SOLUTIONS EXPO Fall 2000, the premier event in the rapidly growing datacom/telecom convergence industry, premiers at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, December 5-7, 2000.

"Our move to the Sands Convention Center for the Fall 2000 edition of Communication SOLUTIONS EXPO reflects the continued growth in our industry," said Rich Tehrani, president of Technology Marketing Corporation and chairman of Communications SOLUTIONS EXPO Fall 2000. "We expect more than 300 leaders of the industry to be exhibiting with us, as well as a conference program of leading industry sources...these will continue to position Communications SOLUTIONS EXPO as the leading event for the telecommunications convergence industry"

Communications SOLUTIONS EXPO Fall 2000 features keynotes from industry leaders: Peter Alexander, Vice President of Enterprise Marketing, Cisco; Larry Fromm, Vice President of Business Development, CellIT Technologies; Samuel Williams, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing, blue-silicon; Al Baker, Director of Customer Interaction Solutions, Siemens Information & Communication Networks, Inc; Ralph Hayon, Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board, congruency, Inc.; Kevin G. Kerns, Chief Executive Officer and President, Apropos Technology and Rich Tehrani, President, Group Publisher, Group Editor-in-Chief, TMC.

TMC's three-day conference and exposition is expected to attract more than 14,500 leading decision making telecom professionals from around the world. They will see the latest products, services and technologies in leading-edge areas such as speech recognition, unified messaging, Internet Protocol (IP) telephony gateways, and voice/data switches -- next-generation software-based devices that handle both data and telephony traffic.

Communication Solutions EXPO Spring 2001 will be held May 23-25 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO Miami 2001 will be help February 7-9, 2001 at the Hotel Inter-Continental Miami. Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO San Diego 2001, October 3-5, will be at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. Communication Solutions EXPO Fall 2001 will be held Dec. 4-6 at Las Vegas' Sands Convention Center. For information on any TMC show, call Hilary Inman at 1-800-243-6002x146 or email hinman@tmcnet.com.

About Technology Marketing Corporation

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) of Norwalk, CT produces Communications Solutions EXPO and INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO. Since its inception in 1972, TMC has produced industry-leading trade magazines and events in high technology and telecommunications. Communications Solutions EXPO is sponsored by Communications Solutions, C@LL CENTER CRM Solutions, Internet Telephony and Communications ASP magazines, as well as TMCnet.com. INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO is sponsored by Internet Telephony, Communications Solutions, and Communications ASP magazines, and TMCnet.com. For more information, visit www.tmcnet.com.