Based on Blockbuster 2004 Event, VoiceCon 2005 Sponsorships Sold Out; Expanded Expo Floor Nearly Sold Out for Next Year.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

VoiceCon 2005

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2004

VoiceCon(R), the leading enterprise voice conference and exhibition in North America, today announced that Diamond, Platinum, and Gold sponsorship opportunities for VoiceCon(R) 2005 are sold out. In addition, the event has nearly sold out exhibition space for next year's event, to be held at Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida, February 7-10 2005.

Major sponsorship opportunities for VoiceCon(R) 2005 sold out on the first two days of the event. Sponsors for next year include: Diamond sponsor NEC; Platinum sponsors Avaya, Alcatel, Nortel, Cisco, Siemens, EADS, and Lucent; Gold sponsors, Mitel, Ericsson, 3Com, Extreme, Inter-Tel, MCI, Sprint, SecureLogix, Broadsoft, Foundry, Pingtel, and Sphere, Net 6, and Teltronics.

"Our mission year-over-year is to provide the content most critical to helping enterprise networking and telecom executives successfully migrate their voice networks to convergence and to IP Telephony and Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP),"said Fred Knight, VP and GM of VoiceCon(R). "The commitment of our customers to VoiceCon(R) 2005 inspires us to continue providing the highest return on investment for both exhibitors and attendees."

VoiceCon sponsors and exhibitors participate year after year because VoiceCon attracts serious buyers from large corporate enterprises, major universities, and government agencies. In fact, VoiceCon(R) 2004 attracted attendees from more than 45 countries on 6 continents.

VoiceCon(R) serves as a showcase for industry visionaries to gather and share the ideas, strategies and technologies that are transforming the industry. For companies in the midst of critical purchasing decisions, the event provides a platform where they can gain a more complete understanding about their voice networking migration options -- from products to best practices to pain-points -- then see all the products in the market, from systems vendors, service providers, resellers and systems integrators to services in a neutral environment.

About VoiceCon(R)

VoiceCon(R) provides context, content and commerce for companies migrating complex voice networks to the future. In its 14th year, VoiceCon(R) is the leading enterprise voice conference and exhibition in North America. VoiceCon(R) brings decision-makers on enterprise voice together with the industry's leading innovators, vendors, and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise voice networks and the migration to IP Telephony and VoIP. VoiceCon(R) 2005 will be held at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel and Resort February 7-10, 2005. VoiceCon(R) is presented by BCR, a division of MediaLive International, Inc. For more information about the event, visit www.VoiceCon.com.

About MediaLive International, Inc.

MediaLive International is producer of the world's best-known events, related media and marketing services for technology buyers and sellers. MediaLive International's products and services encompass the IT industry's largest exhibitions, including COMDEX(R) and NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R), such highly focused educational programs as Next Generation Networks(R), custom seminars including JavaOne(R), respected publications including Business Communications Review, and specialized vendor marketing programs. Created in 2003 from the assets of Key3Media, MediaLive International is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout the world. For more information about MediaLive International, visit www.medialiveinternational.com.

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