CEOs and Top Execs from Major Telecom Companies and Organizations Attending GLOBALCOMM(TM) in Chicago.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- GLOBALCOMM:

WHAT:   The largest annual horizontal telecommunications show in North
        America - GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006 - will feature 12 major C-Suite
        executives from some of the world's most influential
        telecommunications organizations. Top executives from AT&T,
        Lucent, Nortel, Research in Motion, Siemens, Tellabs, British
        Telecom, Cox Communications, France Telecom, Hong Kong
        Broadband, Orange Telecom, the Federal Communications
        Commission and the Telecommunications Industry Association
        (TIA) are scheduled to attend.

        Executives will address major trends in the telecommunications
        industry at different keynote addresses and one super panel of
        major equipment manufacturer executives. Full keynote and
        executive panel content information can be found at:

        http://www.globalcomm2006.com/speakers/keynotes_globalcomm.cfm

        GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006 will feature more than 500 exhibiting
        companies and 20,000 projected attendees. GLOBALCOMM(TM), the
        next-generation communications marketplace and summit,
        replaces SUPERCOMM(R) as the TIA's annual industry event.

WHO:    Among the executives scheduled to speak are:

        -- Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of Research In Motion
           (RIM) (June 5)

        -- Kevin Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
           (June 5)

        -- Sanjiv Ahuja, Chief Executive Officer, Orange Telecom
           (June 5)

        -- John Stankey, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
           Technology Officer, AT&T (June 6)

        -- Paul Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, British Telecom
           Wholesale (June 6 & 7)

        -- Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications (June 6)

        -- Christian Pinon, Global Chairman, France Telecom's
           GlobeCast (June 6)

        -- Matthew J. Flanigan, President, Telecommunications Industry
           Association (June 6 & 7)

        -- NiQ Lai, Chief Financial Officer, City Telecom/Hong Kong
           Broadband (June 7)

        -- Cindy Christy, President, Network Solutions Group, Lucent
           Technologies (June 7)

        -- Mike Zafirovski, President & CEO, Nortel (June 7)

        -- Harald Braun, President, Networks Division, Siemens
           Communications Inc. (June 7)

        -- Krish Prabhu, CEO & President, Tellabs (June 7)

WHEN:   Sunday, June 4 - Thursday, June 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE:  McCormick Place - Chicago, Illinois