Crystal Gaze of Telecommunications Business Trend - iLocus.com Show: The First IP Telephony Show in Asia.Business Editors, Telecommunications Writers HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000 (www.ilocus.com/asia2000.htm) A revolutionary change in telecommunications market has taken place in the United States. Now it is sweeping through Asia! Venture capitalists in Asia are carefully monitoring the IP telephony stocks on Nasdaq. The multi-billion dollar valuations of these stocks has prompted them to pool a significant amount of capital for similar entrants in Asia. oCen (Nasdaq: OCCM OCCM Ocean Carbon Cycle Model OCCM On Condition Cyclic Maintenance OCCM Office of Commercial Communications Management OCCM Optimistic Concurrency Control Mechanism ), WHEREVER.net and Innomedia are a few examples of recently announced funding in the region. iLocus.com takes pride in presenting the debut of IP telephony industry event in Asia, a 3-day show to be held on 8-10 May 2000 at Hong Kong Exhibition Centre. As the first trade show of its kind in Asia, it aims to offer the best opportunity for IP telephony professionals from all over the world to exchange information, views and latest development of the industry, with Asia as the focus. "Application of internet-based communications is an unavoidable trend. Number of phone calls routed over the Internet is growing at an exponential rate, " said May Lau, Regional Director of iLocus.com in Asia. IP telephony companies have developed technology that offers features not available from regular phone service: for example, the ability to check voice mail, email, pages and faxes through a single source. Asia is ready to adopt this technology. "Carriers, resellers, and ISPs will surely be interested in how IP telephony lowers the cost of communications. Enterprises, on the other hand, cannot afford to lag behind," said Ms. Lau. "We are excited that iLocus.com shares our commitment to Asia and is organizing the first major Internet telephony trade show in the region," says Steven S. Eng, oCen's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , "As the leading Asia-focused Internet communications services provider, oCen is looking forward to being an active participant in what we hope to be oCen's milestone event for the year." "iLocus.com has already contributed to the growth of the Internet telephony industry with concise reports of daily industry news," said Tom Evslin, Chairman and CEO of ITXC (Internet Telephony Exchange Carrier Corporation, Princeton, NJ, www.itxc.com) The largest IP exchange carrier in the world. ITXC was acquired by wholesale telco provider Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004 and then by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Corp. "ITXC is pleased to have the chance to work with iLocus.com at their new show to advance the industry in Asia." Both Tom Evslin and Steven Eng will be among the keynote speakers at iLocus.com Show. Full list of keynote speakers at the show is: - Lena Cheung, MD, AT&T Asia-Pacific - Jerry Chang, CEO, Clarent - Hyunduk Ahn, CEO, DialPad.com - Hong Chen, CEO, GRIC GRIC Global Reach Internet Connection GRIC Government Relations Institute of Canada (industry association) - Monica Eisinger, CEO, MIND CTI - Steven Eng, CEO, oCen - Tom Evslin, CEO, ITXC - Elon Ganor, CEO, VocalTec - Ofer Gneezy, CEO, iBasis - Bill Ingram, CEO, Nuera - Ede-Phang Ng, CEO, MediaRing.com Sponsors of iLocus.com Show, the first IP telephony trade show in Asia, include nextgen telecom companies Concert (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : T), Clarent (Nasdaq: CLRN CLRN California Learning Resource Network CLRN Community Legal Resources Network CLRN Chemical Laboratory Response Network ), GRIC (Nasdaq: GRIC), Rapid Link, VocalTec (Nasdaq: VOCL VOCL Vault Online Career Library ), oCen (Nasdaq: OCCM), WHEREVER.net, Cirilium, ITXC (Nasdaq: ITXC), Nuera, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform communications (NYSE: NTT), and iBasis (Nasdaq: IBAS). Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association The Internet Service Providers Association, or ISPA, is a British body representing providers of Internet Services. ISPA was established in 1995 as the first trade association for ISPs, promoting competition, self-regulation and progress within the internet industry. (HKISPA HKISPA Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association ) and Call Centre Association (CCA, supported by Hong Kong Productivity Council) are also excited by the show and give their full support to iLocus.com. Further details can found at www.ilocus.com/asia2000.htm About iLocus.com iLocus.com is a renowned market research group focused on IP telephony industry. Through open publications and regular surveys the group aids next generation companies in important business decisions. iLocus.com website (www.ilocus.com) provides quality information and also covers IP telephony news on a daily basis. |
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