Media Advisory

Marriott Marquis, New York, NY

ONLINE PRESS REGISTRATION FOR

PREPAID MARKET EXPO 2002 will feature keynotes & presentations including:

• 7-Eleven, Inc - Tim McCallum, Director, Services
• AT&T - Scott Cohen, Regulatory Affairs Manager Prepaid
• Gemplus - Gilles Lisimaque, Senior Vice President & Co-Founder
• IPCA - Howard Segermark, Executive Director
• Orange France - Fabrice Masson, Prepaid Marketing Manager
• Smart Card Alliance - Randy Vanderhoof, President
• AT&T Wireless - Michael Radovich, Director, End-User Product Development
• Leap - Souheil Gallouzi, Vice President, Product Development

As a valued member of the press, you are invited to attend and cover PREPAID MARKET EXPO 2002 in New York. PREPAID MARKET EXPO 2002, the global conference and exhibition on prepaid telecommunications management, will cover the hottest topics in prepaid marketing and technology. The 3-day event will include over 100 top-drawer presenters in four simultaneous tracks, pre and post conference workshops, and keynote speeches.

Offering visitors an opportunity to explore the latest in prepaid telecommunications technologies, the PREPAID MARKET EXPO 2002 exhibition will feature top companies including show sponsors Blackstone, Global Prepaid Alliance, Radiant, and Union Telecard Alliance. Media sponsors include Phone +, XChange, Wireless Week, Convenience Store News, Progressive Grocer, and Retail Merchandiser. Strategic partners include the International Prepaid Communications Association (IPCA), Smart Card Alliance, and Telecom Agents Group (TAG).

Over the three days there will be case study presentations by industry leaders, such as 7-Eleven, AT&T Wireless, Orange France, Boston Communications Group Inc. (BCGi), and Q Comm International.

PREPAID MARKET EXPO 2002 is sponsored and organized by Prepaid-Telecom.com and the Institute for International Research. The Institute for International Research (IIR – www.iirusa.com) is the world’s largest international conference 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, seminars, and the Internet.

A complete PREPAID MARKET EXPO 2002 program (including exhibitor listings, scheduled keynote addresses, conference sessions and workshops) can be found online at http://www.iirusa.com. Many exhibitors will be timing new product and service announcements to coincide with PREPAID MARKET EXPO 2002. Advanced releases will be featured online at http://www.pacificdialogue.com/prepaid02_tip.htm.