The Americas' First Broadband World Forum Closes with Breaking News, Leading-Edge Panels, Top Vendors and International Attendance.CHICAGO -- With attendees from Canada, Mexico, the U.S. and many countries from Europe and Asia as well, the International Engineering Consortium (IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission ) wrapped up the Americas' first Broadband World Forum with breaking news, leading-edge panels, top vendors and an international audience in Vancouver this month with TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor as the official host sponsor. IEC President John Janowiak stated, "Broadband is one of the hottest, most topical issues around the globe today. What we discuss and learn at the Broadband World Forums will affect every consumer and business in some shape or form. The transformations in our industry will affect our daily lives -- how way we receive our information, conduct our business, entertain ourselves, and more. We are ecstatic that we were able to bring the forum to the Americas and we look forward to next year's Broadband World Forum Americas in Brazil with TelefE[thorn]nica as the official host sponsor." This year's sponsors included TELUS, the official host sponsor, Siemens, Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for , Accenture, Alcatel, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , ECI Telecom ECI Telecom Ltd NASDAQ: ECIL, is a telecommunication equipment manufacturer based in Petah Tikva, Israel. , Juniper Networks, Nokia, Redback Networks, Visionael, Texas Instruments, and Operax. Nashville attendee Eko Ishii of Cwell Institute, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , commented, "Our clients from Japan thoroughly enjoyed the programs they attended. Beginning with our registration, we truly appreciated the IEC's assistance at the Broadband World Forum Americas." The Broadband World Forum Americas' world-class programming consisted of speakers from service and content providers such as TELUS, BT, Bell Canada, Canby Telecom, Cox Communications, Deutsche Telekom K.K, Easynet, Rogers Communication, Sasktel, Sprint Nextel, Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Verizon. The IEEE Communications Society The IEEE Communications Society is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It is also known by it the abbreviation ComSoc. In the hierarchy of IEEE, the Communication Society is one of close to 40 technical societies organized under the held their annual EntNet at the Broadband World Forum Americas. Gabriel Jakobson, EntNet 2006 General Chair, commented, "The 6th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Conference on Enterprise Networking and Services (ENTNET 2006) is an annual tradition bringing together business leaders, visionaries, vendors, practitioners, and technologists. This year ENTENT took place in Vancouver in association with the IEC's Broadband World Forum Americas, which had an excellent program including technical panel sessions, workshops on advanced wireless technologies and a tutorial program." The DSL Forum also introduced its new plans for broadband with its BroadbandSuite at the Broadband World Forum Americas previewing the latest features of its BroadbandControl, BroadbandAccess, and BroadbandHome to attendees and media. Operax, Siemens, ECI ECI Employment Cost Index ECI Election Commission(er) of India ECI Enterprise Content Integration ECI Early Childhood Intervention ECI Environmental Change Institute , Redback Networks, PeerApp, Telcordia, and Modulus Video presented their latest technologies and services in the TecPreview Theatre, which took place on the exhibition floor. For photos, keynote addresses, and event highlights, visit www.iec.org/events/2006/bbwf_americas/ or contact Lisa Reyes at +1-312-559-3325 or lreyes@iec.org. |
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