Technology Marketing Corporation's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO 2000 Exceeds 100% Projected Growth, Doubles Attendance, Continues Success

Business Wire, Oct 30, 2000

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INTERNET TELEPHONY CONFERENCE & EXPO 2000

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

More than 4,500 industry leaders gathered for TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO 2000 at San Diego's Hotel Del Coronado early this month.

"We projected 100% growth in the show and we exceeded it," said Marc Robins, TMC vice president for publications and trade shows. "It's very satisfying to serve such a growing audience with an almost insatiable appetite for new information".

"This year's event far surpassed all of our projections in terms of exhibitors and attendees. INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO continues to establish itself as the premier event in the rapidly growing datacom/telecom convergence industry," said Rich Tehrani, president of TMC and conference chairman. "It's gratifying to see the continued response to INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, it illustrates just how quickly at the grass-roots the Internet telephony technologies have been embraced. From the smallest mom and pop shops to the biggest players in the carrier industry we see people going full speed ahead with development projects to take advantage of these revolutionary communications innovations."

TMC's three-day conference and exposition attracted more than 4,500 leading decision-making professionals from IP-based communications companies around the world. They came to see the latest products, services, and technologies in leading-edge areas such as next-generation broadband networking, unified messaging, voice portals, soft switches, and IP-based alternative solutions to legacy telecommunications.

As a result of their success at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO 2000, many exhibitors, including Quicknet Technologies, Tundo, Cisco, ESI Telecom, and Motorola have already signed on for INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO San Diego 2001, October 3-5, again at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, and the newest INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Miami 2001, February 7-9, 2001 in Miami, FL.

Communication Solutions EXPO Fall 2000, another TMC event, will be held Dec. 5-7 at Las Vegas' Sands Convention Center, and Communication Solutions EXPO Spring 2001 will be held May 23-25 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. For information on any TMC shows or events, call Hilary Inman at 1-800-243-6002, x146 or email hinman@tmcnet.com.

About Technology Marketing Corporation

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) of Norwalk, CT produces Communications Solutions EXPO, INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Communications ASP Conference & EXPO, and Customer Interaction Solutions 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.