IEC Releases Exclusive Broadband World Forum Europe 2005 Content

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IEC RELEASES EXCLUSIVE BROADBAND WORLD FORUM EUROPE 2005 CONTENT ON DVD PROFORUM SERIES

CHICAGO January 18, 2006 With the overwhelming success of the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC's) recent Broadband World Forum Europe in Madrid, Spain, which saw nearly 6,000 information and communication technology (ICT) professionals register, the IEC today announced the full access of the conference's exclusive content via the second edition of its ProForum Series in DVD format.

Granting industry professionals and students access to the extensive amounts of cutting-edge information covered at the Broadband World Forum Europe 2005, the most recent edition allows viewers to assess the true costs and opportunities of broadband, the operational experiences of key service providers, the latest developments in IPTV, triple play, quadruple play, UMTS, WiMAX, and much more.

More than 90 exhibiting companies along with key sponsors shared research, developments, and information including Telefónica (official sponsor), Siemens, Huawei, Acterna, Alcatel, ECI, Marconi, Fujitsu, Motorola, Accenture, AVICI, Ericsson, Keymile, Microsoft TV, Packetfront, AVM, Cisco Systems, F-Secure, Italtel, Lucent Technologies, Motive, Netcentrex, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Pirelli, Riverstone Networks, Tellabs, Telsey, and Texas Instruments.

Key speakers featured in the ProForum Series include Paul Berriman (PCCW Limited), Andrew Burke (BT Entertainment), Ibrahim Gedeon (TELUS Communications), Julio Linares Lopez (Telefonica), Tadanobu Okada (NTT), Stefano Pileri (Telecom Italia Group), Philippe Ribonnet (Belgacom), Mauro Righetti (Italtel), Eric Small (BellSouth), and Jean-Philippe Vanot (France Telecom).

Attendee Ofer Raviv, Vice President of Marketing and Sales Support in the Broadband Access Division at ECI, stated, "The Broadband World Forum is indeed one of the very few yearly occasions that raises the challenge of truly debating the true cost and opportunities of broadband!"

This second edition of the ProForum Series offers countless sessions, workshops, plenary panels, and keynote addresses from the content- filled event. With video, audio, and presentation material synchronized on DVD, the second edition is an excellent resource for industry professionals and students alike to analyze content as if actually there.

The IEC's Broadband World Forum Europe 2005

, unmatched by any other communications event, hosted more than 90 exhibitors, drew nearly

6,000 industry professionals to register, and presented more than 60 sessions over four days at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid. Encouraging professionals to learn and share information, the event fulfilled the IEC's commitment to catalyzing positive change in technology, business, and academia.

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