2004 CDMA Americas Congress Commences Today; Opening Day to Feature Keynote Presentations, Workshops and Expanded Show Floor.

MIAMI -- The 2004 CDMA Americas Congress, co-organized by the Institute for International Research (IIR) (www.iirusa.com) and the CDMA Development Group (CDG) (www.cdg.org), kicks-off today in Miami, Florida and runs through Sept. 30, 2004. Tuesday's agenda at the ninth annual CDMA Americas Congress features keynote presentations from executives of leading wireless companies, thought-provoking workshops, and an expanded show floor featuring many of the world's leading wireless carriers, handset manufacturers and infrastructure providers.

"The 2004 CDMA Americas Congress has assembled one of the most robust lists of keynote presenters, sponsors and exhibitors in recent memory," said Kristy Perkins, Conference Director. "Bringing together more than 1,000 delegates to learn from the world's innovators in wireless technology, services and applications, the Congress will cover the foremost topics in CDMA business and investment strategies, network infrastructure developments, and innovations in mobile services, content and applications."

Keynote presentations on Tuesday will be made by:

--Mark Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ericsson Canada

--Cindy Christy, President, Mobility Business, Lucent Technologies

--Paul Jacobs, Executive Vice President, President of Wireless Internet Group, Qualcomm

--Byung Moo Kim, Ph. D, President, SK Telecom International

--John Rooney, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Cellular

--Dick Lynch, Chief Technical Officer, Verizon Wireless

Other keynote presentations at the CDMA Americas Congress will be made by:

--Michael Neuman, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bell Mobility

--Soren Peterson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CDMA Business Unit, Nokia

--Richard Lowe, President, CDMA Networks, Nortel Networks

--Bharat B. Anand, President, Regulatory Affairs, Reliance InfoComm

--Douglas Rasor, Vice President, Manager, Worlwide Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments

--Dan Schulman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile USA 

Additional companies confirmed to present from Sept. 28-30 at the CDMA Americas Congress include Airvana, American Greetings Mobile, Bermuda Digital Communications, Chasma Interactive Publishing, Comverse, CTIA, Deutsche Banc Securities, Downplay, Enpocket, Ericsson, Freemantle Media, IBM, iGillott Research, Kyocera Wireless, Leap, MFORMA, Mobile Entertainment Forum, Nextel Communications, Open Mobile Alliance, Outlook4Mobility, The Shosteck Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Sprint, UTStarcom, Warner Music Group, Western Wireless, WiderThan.com and Xingtone.

The Americas Congress will also feature several pre-conference workshops that will take place on Tuesday and will provide an in-depth look at issues of interest to wireless carriers, such as a technical overview of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO and 1xEV-DV, opportunities with inter-standard roaming, mobile marketing strategies and driving mobile data service adoption with Java.

Sponsors of the 2004 CDMA Americas Congress include Comverse, Dyaptive Systems, Ericsson, Kyocera Wireless Corp., Lucent Technologies, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Qualcomm, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments and UTStarcom. Exhibitors at the event include Aeroflex, Agilent Technologies, Airvana, Anritsu, Audiovox, Comarco, ISCO, MultiTech Systems, NAVTEQ, NMS Communications, Racal Instruments, Rohde & Schwarz, Spirent Communications, STMicroelectronics, Sun Microsystems, Tektronix, and TestQuest.

For more information about the 2004 CDMA Americas Congress, please visit www.cdma-americas.com.

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