ADVISORY/Connexn and AT&T Executives to Discuss the Advantages of Building Cost and Revenue Assurance into New Service Deployments.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Saturday (July 19)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

At IEC Conference, Attendees Will Learn Why CRA Initiatives

Should Be Designed into Next Generation Networks and Systems

to Maximize Profitability of Future Infrastructure Investments

Who:      Charles Crenshaw
          President and CEO
          Connexn Technologies

          Nicholas DeTrana
          Vice President
          AT&T

What:     At the IEC conference, Crenshaw and DeTrana will join a
          panel discussion entitled Successful Approaches to Managing
          New Services and Networks.

          Communications service providers (CSPs) are working hard to
          shore-up their business operations. One of the hottest areas
          in the drive to improve operating efficiencies -- and to
          boost bottom-line profits -- is Cost and Revenue Assurance
          (CRA). Typically implemented as a means of correcting
          revenue leakage problems that stem from the complexities of
          CSP business operations, CRA restores data integrity across
          the enterprise to recover lost revenue and prevent
          unnecessary costs.

          As part of the presentation, Crenshaw and DeTrana will
          discuss how CSPs should integrate cutting-edge CRA solutions
          into the earliest stages of new service deployments and
          network infrastructure build-outs. By incorporating CRA into
          the foundation of future network services and support
          infrastructure, CSPs can decrease costs and reduce or
          eliminate lost revenues, thereby increasing service margins.
          In addition, by implementing CRA from the start, CSPs can
          improve billing accuracy, reduce provisioning time and
          improve the overall satisfaction of customers.

When:     Saturday, July 19, 2003
          8:50 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. MST

Where:    The Broadmoor Hotel
          Colorado Springs, Colo.

Contact:  For more information or to set up an interview with Mr.
          Crenshaw or Mr. DeTrana, please contact Guy Murrel at
          Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760 or [e-mail].