Covad President & CEO to Keynote INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East 2006; Charles Hoffman to Address Leading VoIP Conference in Fort Lauderdale Convention Center This Week.

NORWALK, Conn. -- Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) announces today that Charles Hoffman, President and CEO for Covad, has agreed to deliver a keynote address at its INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East 2006 this week at the Fort Lauderdale-Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

The event runs Tuesday, January 24 through Friday, January 27. Mr. Hoffman's address, which is open to all registered attendees, will take place Thursday, January 26th at 9:15 a.m. EST. Registration for the conference is now open at http://www.itexpo.com.

INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, held since 1999, is the world's largest and best-attended VoIP trade show. Last October, TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO in Los Angeles attracted over 7,000 buyers and sellers of IP Telephony products and services. For this upcoming January show, TMC projects total attendance to exceed 8,500.

Mr. Hoffman boasts more than 30 years of telecom and broadband experience in the wireless, cable, local and long-distance sectors. Since joining Covad in 2001, Mr. Hoffman has successfully transformed Covad into a leading nationwide provider of broadband voice and data communications. Prior to joining Covad, Mr. Hoffman was President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers AT&T, Canada's largest, national wireless service provider. Under his leadership, the company grew from fourth to first place in a market of four national wireless providers.

"The incredible flexibility of VoIP will dramatically change the industry, as companies like Covad bundle broadband, voice and targeted applications that will make traditional phone service seem as dated as the telegraph," said Hoffman.

In addition to Mr. Hoffman's appearance, INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East 2006 features keynotes by Tom Ridge, CNBC Anchor Ron Insana and executives from IBM, Cisco, AT&T, Aculab, General Motors, Digium, Avaya, Quintum, Nortel, Level 3, Netcentrex, Interactive Intelligence, Time Warner Telecom, AudioCodes, Expedient Systems and Pingtel.

Registration for the conference and trade show is now open: http://www.itexpo.com. Vendors interested in exhibiting or sponsoring should contact Dave Rodriguez immediately at 1-203-852-6800, ext. 146 or e-mail [e-mail].

Press inquiries regarding Charles Hoffman's address can be directed to Mostafa Razzak at 23-31 Communications: 646-442-3361 or email [e-mail].

About TMC(R)

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print magazines: Customer Interaction Solutions, Internet Telephony, SIP Magazine and IMS Magazine; as well as the digital publications, Speech-World, WiFI Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer, IPTV Magazine and WiMAX Magazine. TMC also produces TMCnet, the world's leading communications and technology Web site. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World Conference, IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet, ranked among the top 2,500 Web sites in the World by Alexa.com, publishes more than 20 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit http://www.tmcnet.com.