For Immediate Release
ATIS 1200 G Street, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005	Contact: Trish Gessner Phone: 202-434-8851 E-mail: tgessner@atis.org www.atis.org

ATIS and USTA Announce Partnership for Telecom NEXT

Telecom NEXT to Showcase Cutting-edge ATIS Technology Conference

April 13, 2005, Washington – ATIS today announced that it will produce a comprehensive technology conference for USTA’s Telecom NEXT annual tradeshow, which will debut March 19-25, 2006, in Las Vegas.

“ATIS produces cutting-edge technology programming at USTA’s annual TELECOM show,” said Walter B. McCormick, president and CEO of USTA. “ATIS is a valued partner, and we are excited that it will expand its offerings at Telecom NEXT, the next industry showcase for new technology, new applications and new business opportunities. As the industry’s lead technical planning organization, ATIS will deliver an unparalleled conference experience that fully examines the potential of new and emerging communications technologies.”

“ATIS is led by the telecom industry’s foremost technology officers, senior executives and CEOs, which well-positions ATIS to produce what will be the most insightful technology conference available within the industry,” said Susan M. Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. “ATIS will create a conference environment that offers an in-depth understanding of the opportunities surrounding the latest, technologies and solutions, to include IPTV, VoIP, Voice over WiFi, and wireless broadband, among other topics. We will also explore the technology challenges facing the fully converged “next gen” network, and how the industry will realize these opportunities. ATIS is proud to be USTA’s technology partner. We look forward to an outstanding ATIS technology conference at Telecom NEXT.”

For more about Telecom NEXT, visit www.telecom-next.com.

In addition to producing the Telecom NEXT technology conference, ATIS is organizing technology programs at TELECOM ’05, scheduled October 22-26, 2005 at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information on TELECOM 05, visit www.telecom05.com.

About ATIS
ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Participants from more than 350 communications companies are active in ATIS’ 22 industry committees and its Incubator Solutions Program. www.atis.org

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