Mobile Americas Summit 2003

Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort, Miami, FL

Ericsson and Teradata-NCR to Sponsor IIR-USA's MOBILE AMERICAS 2003

May 2003 Mobile Telecoms Summit to Focus on Wireless Profitability and Next-Gen Migration

New York, Dec. 13, 2002 -- The Institute for International Research has announced confirmation of Ericsson and Teradata, a division of NCR, as the first corporate sponsors to support its watershed wireless telecommunications summit, MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 (www.iirusa.com/MobileAmericas), scheduled to take place May 19-21, 2003, in Miami, FL.

Leading Ericsson and Teradata executives will join scores of wireless telecommunications industry leaders from throughout U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, who will gather at MOBILE AMERICAS 2003, the hemisphere's first technology-inclusive and information-driven event to focus squarely on the issues and challenges facing wireless service providers from throughout the Americas -- North and South.

The timing for Mobile Americas 2003 dovetails with what leading analysts and industry executives are predicting as an expected return to profitability and growth in wireless telecommunications markets regionwide.

"The mobile telecom market is poised for a rebound and an important component for recovery is next-generation technologies," said Mark Winther, IDC's Vice-President for Worldwide Telecommunications Research. "Mobile Americas 2003 is opportunely timed to address the issues of profitability and next-generation migration as the mobile market in the Americas moves toward the future."

"We are very pleased indeed to bring on board such distinguished corporate sponsors for this groundbreaking conference," Debra Chipman, President of IIR-USA, welcomed the news of support for MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 by Ericsson and Teradata, said. "Together with the faculty of compelling speakers that we are assembling, plus our leading industry media and research partners. We know that their presence and support will contribute to making MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 next year's must-attend meeting place for the mobile telecommunications industry throughout the Americas."

MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 enjoys media support and endorsements from leading industry online and print publications, including the conference's Official Publications, RCR Wireless News and FrecuenciaOnline. The Official Research Partner for MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 is IDC, the world's leading provider of technology intelligence, industry analysis, market data, and strategic and tactical guidance to builders, providers, and users of information technology.

Information about the MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 (www.iirusa.com/MobileAmericas) program may be obtained by contacting: Michael Tangeman, (212) 661.3500, x 3102, e-mail: mtangeman@iirusa.com; for sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact: Nadine Schwartz, (212) 661.3500, x 3062 e-mail: nschwartz@iirusa.com; for partnership opportunities, contact: Amol Tembe, (212) 661.3500, x 3104 e-mail: atembe@iirusa.com

About IIR-USA

The Institute for International Research (www.iirusa.com) is the world’s leading international performance solutions company, with 120 different business units and 4,000 employees in 36 countries. Founded in 1973 by Irvine Laidlaw, the current chairman, IIR continues to provide unbiased, leading-edge business information through our conferences, workshops, training, and the Internet.

Institutional Investor to host Finance Forum at IIR-USA's Mobile Americas 2003

Senior-executive roundtable to address mobile industry's financing challenges and opportunities

New York, Jan. 09, 2003 -- The Institute for International Research (IIR) has announced that Institutional Investor magazine (www.institutionalinvestor.com) Wall Street's premier investment banking and financial services publication, will host a pre-event "Mobile Finance Forum" at IIR's upcoming wireless telecommunications summit, MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 (www.iirusa.com/MobileAmericas), scheduled to take place May 19-21, 2003, in Miami, FL.

The Mobile Finance Forum will take place immediately prior to the May 19th inaugural keynote addresses at MOBILE AMERICAS 2003, the only mobile telecommunications conference on this year's event calendar that is solely focused on providing clear strategies and positive solutions to real-world profitability and migration issues facing all mobile telecommunications carriers throughout the Americas -- from the United States and Canada, to Latin America and the Caribbean.

"The ability to secure financing will be a key factor in the mobile telecommunications industry's ability to continue to grow and to rollout next-generation networks and services for wireless customers," said Ernest McCrary, Institutional Investor's Editor and Publisher for Special Projects. "Institutional Investor is pleased to host and moderate this special Mobile Finance Forum to address the financing opportunities and challenges facing mobile carriers in North and South America."

"We are very pleased to welcome Institutional Investor magazine to MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 and know that its presence and participation will clearly underscore the executive summit level of this premier mobile telecommunications conference," said IIR-USA President Debra Chipman.

The Mobile Finance Forum hosted and moderated by Institutional Investor magazine will take place in an exclusive, roundtable-forum setting at MOBILE AMERICAS 2003, designed to promote frank and open dialogue of the financing challenges and opportunities facing the industry. A select panel of Mobile Finance Forum participants will be chosen jointly by Institutional Investor and IIR-USA from among leading carrier CFOs and VPs of Investor Relations, investment bankers, fund managers, equity and debt analysts, and technology and infrastructure vendor-financiers.

The Mobile Americas 2003 themes of carrier profitability and cost reductions with an eye to future technology migration, will draw scores of leading senior executives from mobile carriersplus their vendor-partners in the areas of technology and infrastructure, services and solutionsfor three days of keynote addresses, C-Level industry roundtables, solo presentations and panel sessions on topics related to the balance-sheet issues of revenue generation and opex reduction for mobile carriers.

MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 comes at a time when leading industry analysts are pointing to indicators of a return to growth in the mobile telecommunications industry. According to current research by leading global research firm IDC, modest growth in sales of mobile phones to first-time buyers will combine with handset replacement sales in mature markets to result in a worldwide increase in handset shipments by manufacturers from 391 million in 2002 to 606 million in 2006, a compound annual growth rate of 9.5 percent.

The growing list of sponsors for MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 includes: Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Openwave, Teradata-NCR and Unisys. MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 enjoys media support and endorsements from leading industry online and print publications, including the conference's Official Publications, RCR Wireless News, Institutional Investor and Global Wireless. The Official Research Partner for MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 is IDC, the world's leading provider of technology intelligence, industry analysis, market data, and strategic and tactical guidance to builders, providers, and users of information technology.

Information about the MOBILE AMERICAS 2003 program may be obtained by contacting: Michael Tangeman, (212) 661.3500, x3102, e-mail: mtangeman@iirusa.com; for sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact: Nadine Schwartz, (212) 661.3500, x 3062 e-mail: nschwartz@iirusa.com; for partnership opportunities, contact: Amol Tembe, (212) 661.3500, x 3104 e-mail: atembe@iirusa.com

About IIR-USA

The Institute for International Research (www.iirusa.com) is the world’s leading international performance solutions company, with 120 different business units and 4,000 employees in 36 countries. Founded in 1973 by Irvine Laidlaw, the current chairman, IIR continues to provide unbiased, leading-edge business information through our conferences, workshops, training, and the Internet.

About Institutional Investor

Institutional Investor is the world's leading publication for senior corporate financial executives, professional money managers & advisors, and financial experts who serve their investment banking and funding needs. With a worldwide audited circulation of more than 140,000, Institutional Investor guarantees readership in all regions of the world.

Mobile Americas Summit Announces Featured Speaker and New Sponsor

Roderick Nelson, EVP and CTO, AT&T Wireless Confirmed as Featured Speaker

NEW YORK, NY – March 28, 2003 IIR Conferences, organizers of the Mobile Americas Summit today announced that Roderick Nelson, Executive Vice President and CTO, AT&T Wireless will be making a presentation at the Mobile Americas Summit. The summit takes place Mobile Americas, May 19-21, 2003 in Miami, FL.

Mr. Nelson joins a stellar speaker faculty, which includes keynotes W.S. "Ozzie" Osborne, Vice President, Alliances and Operations, IBM Pervasive Computing and Daniel C. Petri Group President-International, Verizon Communications among many others.

Mr. Nelson commented, "The Mobile Americas Summit provides us with the perfect opportunity to share information with our partners and outline our vision for the future. There's a more positive mood in the industry right now, the business challenges are still there, but there's certainly the feeling that we've turned the corner."

Also announced today was Hewlett Packard’s confirmation as an associate sponsor, joining other leading industry players Sun Microsystems, IBM, Ericsson, Nokia, Teradata, LogicaCMG, Visa, Unisys and Openwave.

More information can be found at http://www.iirusa.com/mobileamericas/

Notes to editors

Industry Acclaims Miami Mobile Americas Summit

"This conference has exactly the right focus and comes at exactly the right time for the industry. We're delighted to be a part of it." Said Andrew Seybold, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes/Andrew Seybold's Wireless Outlook and President of Outlook 4Mobility.

The Summit takes place May 19-21, 2003 at the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort in Miami, FL. It is the only mobile telecommunications conference that is solely focused on providing clear strategies and positive solutions to real-world profitability and migration issues facing mobile carriers throughout the Americas -- from the United States and Canada to Latin America and the Caribbean.

Mark Lowenstein of Mobile Ecosystem commented "The breadth and depth of the content promises to make this one of the premier conferences of the year".

Carolyn M. Manning with Pyramid Research noted that "Pyramid's bottom-up approach to analyzing markets has always provided us with a forward thinking perspective - which is why the Mobile Americas summit is such a great fit for us."

The event is perfectly positioned in terms of content, timing and geography. Wally Swain, Principal Analyst with the Yankee Group remarked that "This will be the year that Latin American business begin to mobilize their enterprises. Developers who know how to build effective wireless tools for companies and their employees will be the big winners."

More information can be found at http://www.iirusa.com/mobileamericas/

Notes to editors