TelcoTV 2009 - NECA EXPO Partnership Bridges Local Providers With the Greatest Broadband...

TelcoTV 2009 - NECA EXPO Partnership Bridges Local Providers With the Greatest
Broadband TV Event to Date

Collaboration opportunity when media & communications providers converge on
Orlando

IRVINE, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Those attending this year's
8th annual TelcoTV conference and exposition, and delegates at EXPO, NECA's
signature training event in Orlando, Fla., get the opportunity to double up on
their conference trip thanks to a partnership between NECA and TelcoTV 2009
show organizers. When registering for either event, delegates are offered the
option to obtain a special rate day-pass to the other event's exposition
floor, making the most of the fact that TelcoTV (November 10-12, 2009) and
EXPO (November 8-12, 2009) are taking place concurrently and are conveniently
located within a few minutes distance of each other in Orlando. This presents
a significant opportunity to forge links between major carriers and rural
communications providers, and for NECA members to explore the benefits of
media, entertainment, and telecom convergence.

"For service providers interested in deploying or expanding their video
services, TelcoTV 2009 offers a unique opportunity," explains Carolyn Herr,
TelcoTV Show Director. "In addition to experiencing TelcoTV's holistic survey
of the latest and greatest in entertainment convergence - mobileTV, Net video,
IPTV, and hybrid models - they can also visit the NECA EXPO to maximize their
time out of the office."

NECA (National Exchange Carrier Association) is the administrator of the FCC's
interstate access charge pooling system. Based in Whippany, N.J., NECA is a
not-for-profit association of over 1,400 incumbent local exchange carriers
across the United States and its territories. EXPO is NECA's signature
training event for members and features a vendor showcase offering a premier
opportunity for vendors to meet with and market to the rural
telecommunications industry. Telcos from across the United States and its
territories attend EXPO to visit with vendors in the telecommunications,
cable, Internet, and IPTV businesses. They also attend classes to increase
their knowledge of the industry and to become aware of the increasing options
for communications providers. NECA EXPO will be held from November 8-12 at the
Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., and just a
few miles from TelcoTV. Seats for the EXPO sessions are already filling fast.
For further information visit: http://www.neca.org

TelcoTV 2009 provides a comprehensive overview of the changing telecom video
landscape, with presentations delivering meaningful insight into, and analysis
of, the evolving world of entertainment convergence, plus more than 150
exhibitors showcasing the latest solutions and products for the IPTV and video
markets. It is a joint production of Light Reading and NTCA. This year's event
will be held November 10-12, 2009 at the Orange County Convention Center,
Orlando, Fla. For further details visit: http://www.TelcoTVonline.com.

"Opening our doors to TelcoTV delegates is an exciting opportunity for our
industry," says Ron Dibelka, Project Manager Access & Technical Planning at
NECA. "President Obama is exhorting our members to 'lay down broadband lines
through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America,' and
ubiquitous state-of-the-art broadband availability and services delivery is
critical to the task of reviving our national economy, helping create jobs,
affordable state-of-the-art healthcare, and education opportunities in even
the most remote parts of our country."

About Light Reading
Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading online
media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide
communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for technology
and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media
sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's research
arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive
communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100
markets around the world. Light Reading produces nearly 20 targeted
communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet
Expo London, The Tower Summit @ CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as focused
one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives. Light
Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a
unit of TechWeb.

About TechWeb
TechWeb (http://techweb.com/aboutus), the global leader in business technology
media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology
decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected
and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than
13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our
communities created around our global face-to-face events, Interop, Web 2.0,
Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light
Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The
Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning
InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and Wall Street & Technology
magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services including next-generation
performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services.
TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news
distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization
of more than $2.5 billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly connections

About United Business Media Limited
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation
of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve
professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from
journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with integrated
events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in
more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these
communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business
and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information,
go to http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com

About NTCA
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association is the premier
association representing more than 580 locally owned and managed
telecommunications cooperatives and commercial companies throughout rural
America. NTCA provides its members with legislative, regulatory, and industry
representation; meetings; publications and educational programs; and an array
of employee benefit programs. Visit us at www.ntca.org.

CONTACT:
Annabelle Bouard
Account Director, North America
Zonic Group
Tel: (415) 240-8604
abouard@zonicgroup.com

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Annabelle Bouard, Account Director, North America, Zonic Group,
+1-415-240-8604, abouard@zonicgroup.com