NXTcomm Selected to Participate in International Buyer Program.

On-Site Export Expertise Brings Together Buyers and Sellers

ARLINGTON, Va. -- NXTcomm, the only venue where the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment meet, today announced NXTcomm 2007 has been selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce to participate in the International Buyer Program (IBP). NXTcomm 2008 was also selected to participate in the program.

"The services we can provide to attendees through the IBP significantly increase our ability to truly make the show a global marketplace," said NXTcomm Executive Director Wayne Crawford. "Through this program, the event offers a number of services to help international attendees make the most of their experience at the event."

The IBP program, along with its globally integrated network, provides a three-pronged approach that assists small and medium-sized U.S. businesses export their products and services.

* Through the program's Commercial Service overseas staff, located at U.S. embassies and consulates throughout the world, foreign buyer delegations are recruited and supported in their plans to attend and conduct business at the show.

* During NXTcomm, trade specialists from the Commercial Service will manage the International Business Center, providing free onsite meeting space for buyers and sellers to conduct business. Interpreter services and export counseling will also be available.

* Access to its Gold Key Service which, utilizing the Commercial Service's global presence and international marketing expertise, helps U.S. companies sell their products and services worldwide through export counseling, market research, matchmaking, pre-arranged business appointments abroad, advocacy, videoconferencing, international partner searches, trade events and more.

NXTcomm exhibitors can also participate in the IBP's SHOWTIME program, offering one-on-one pre-arranged appointments with the international network of Commercial specialists. SHOWTIME enables NXTcomm exhibitors to learn about export opportunities and discuss the latest market information on their respective countries. The SHOWTIME program has resulted in numerous export successes and tens of thousands of dollars in U.S. export sales.

NXTcomm will bring together top executives from every segment of the global industry to exhibit, explore new business opportunities and buy the latest technologies driving the converged communications and entertainment industry. Showcasing hundreds of new and innovative products, the NXTcomm exhibit floor will reflect the dramatic changes in the industry. The show will also feature a broad range of educational programming. For more information, go to http://www.NXTcommShow.com/.

NXTcomm, the new industry venue co-owned by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) that will feature the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment, comes to Chicago's McCormick Place June 18-21, 2007. NXTcomm will unite the premier information and communications technology (ICT) industry supplier and technology companies with the world's leading communications and entertainment companies that are together driving broadband-based innovation around the world. For more information, go to http://www.NXTcommShow.com/.