CALENDAR

August 17-18

Alexander Resources. Marriott Courtyard Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (800) 948-8225 or (972) 818-8225.

Wireless Number

Portability Forum

August 18

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Westin City Center Hotel, Washington, D.C. (202) 736-3224.

Wireless

Interconnection ’98

August 18-19

Bellcore. Sheraton at Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco. (800) 521-2673.

Implementing FCC Phase 2 E911 Requirements

August 26-27

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Bellcore and the National Emergency Number Association. Grand Hyatt San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco. (800) 521-2673.

CeBit Home

Electronics ’98

August 26-30

Hannover Fairs USA Inc. Hannover Fairgrounds, Hannover, Germany. (609) 987-1202.

Wireless Engineering for the 21st century

August 28

TEC Cellular. Arlington Park Hilton,

Arlington Heights, Ill. (407) 952-8300.

Wireless Symposium & Exhibition and

Portable by Design

August 31 – September 3

Penton Media. Boston World Trade Center, Boston. (201) 393-6259.

Wireless Product

Development

September 1-3

AiC Worldwide Inc. Hotel Niko, San Francisco. (800) 409-4242 or

(212) 714-1444.

Italian Telecoms

September 6-7

SMi Conferences Ltd. Rome.

(+44) 171-252-2222.

Next Generation E911

September 9-10

AiC Worldwide Inc. Hyatt Regency,

Miami. (800) 409-4242 or (212)

714-1444.

PCS Small-Business

Conference

September 9-11

Spectraware Corp. International Trade Center, Washington, D.C. (804) 364-1155.

September 14-15

Digital Consulting Inc. Dallas.

(978) 470-3880.

Pricing, Marketing,

Packaging & Branding Bundled Services

September 14-15

Institute for International Research. The Wyndham Resort, Miami Beach, Fla. (888) 777-8730 or (941)

951-7885.

1998 Intelligent

Network Roundtable

September 14-15

International Engineering Consortium. Hyatt Regency, Woodfield, Ill.

(312) 559-4100.

Wireless & Mobile

Essentials for

Non-Engineers

September 14-16

Institute for International Research. The Washington Marriott, Washington, D.C. (888) 670-8200.

2nd European Public

Mobile Radio Congress

September 14-16

International Mobile Telecommunications Association. Prague Hilton

Atrium, Prague, Czech Republic.

(202) 331-7773.

Forecasting, Planning, & Managing Technology

September 14-16

Technology Futures Inc. The Capitol Marriott Hotel, Austin, Texas.

(800) 835-3887 or (512) 258-8898.

Telecommunications Matchmaker

September 14-18

The U.S. Department of Commerce. Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio De Janiero, Brazil. Space limited. Call Gordon Keller at (202) 482-1793.

Rural Telephony

September 15-16

Institute for International Research. The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Fla. (888) 670-8200 or (941) 951-7885.

Convergence Billing & Customer Care

September 15-16

Advanced Learning Institute. The

Doubletree Hotel, New Orleans.

(312) 362-9100.

3rd Annual Pan American Wireless Local Loop ’98

September 15-16

Institute for International Research. The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Fla. (888) 670-8200 or (941) 951-7885.

Expo Comm/Comdex Miami 98

September 15-17

E.J. Krause & Associates Inc. and Softbank Comdex. Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami. Call Steve Sass at

(301) 493-5500.

Teleport ’98 London

September 15-17

Facilicom International. Earls Court, London. (+44) 1203 426 507.

Wireless Communications in Healthcare

September 16-18

AiC Worldwide Inc. Hotel Intercontinental, New Orleans. (800) 409-4242 or (212) 714-1444.

Data Analysis & Modeling for the Data Warehouse

September 16-18

Digital Consulting Inc. Dallas.

(978) 470-3880.

Breakfast Series-

Aggressive Due Diligence

September 17

Strang Hayes Consulting. The Metropolitan Club, Manhattan. (212) 489-8000.

French Telecoms

September 17-18

SMi Conferences Ltd. Paris.

(+44) 171-252-2222.

1998 CDMA & PCS

Technology Conference

September 21-22

Wireless Institute of Technology.

Orlando, Fla. (210) 344-6660.

21st Century Telecoms Company Global

Executive Symposium

September 21-22

Economist Intelligence Unit and Deloitte & Touche. Hotel Intercontinental, Berlin. (212) 554-0600.

Personal Communications Showcase (PCS ’98)

September 23-25

The Personal Communications

Industry Association. Orange County

Convention Center, Orlando, Fla.

(703) 739-0300.

SCEC 98

September 23-25

Satellite Communications. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. (800) 601-3858 or (908) 885-6723.

Commercializing

DSL Technologies

September 23-25

AiC Worldwide Inc. Hyatt Regency,

Atlanta. (800) 409-4242 or (212)

714-1444.

Caribecom `98

September 23-25

Intercom Inc. Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (305) 670-9444.

First Wireless Local Loop India Congress ’98

September 23-25

Asia Pacific Telecommunications

Network. Maurya Sheraton Hotel & Towers, New Delhi, India. (+65) 732-1970 or (+65) 835-5136.

Swiss Telecoms

September 24-25

SMi Conferences Ltd. Zurich,

Switzerland. (+44) 171-252-2222.

Remember the Customer-The Value of Retention

September 27-29

Rural Cellular Association. San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio. (800) 722-1872.

Advanced Management Program for

Telecom Executives:

September 27 – October 2

The Division of Executive and Management Development at Southern Methodist University. Cox School of Business on the SMU campus, Dallas. (800) 768-3338.

Telnets ’98

September 28-29

Intercom Corp. and AHCIET. Hotel Intercontinental Presidente, Mexico City. (305) 670-9444.

China Telecoms 98

September 28-29

SMi Conferences Ltd. Cafe Royal, London. (+44) 171-252-2222.

21st Century Telecoms Company Global

Executive Symposium

September 28-29

Economist Intelligence Unit and Deloitte & Touche. La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, Calif. (212) 554-0600.

2nd International

CDMA Asia Pacific toward 3G Mobile Systems

September 28-30

IBC Asia Ltd. Four Seasons Hotel, Tokyo. (+65) 732-1970.

China Telecom 2000

September 29-30

Information Gatekeepers Inc. Helmsley Hotel, New York. (800) 323-1088 or (617) 232-3111.

The American-European Satellite Communication Seminar ’98

October 1-2

U.S. Commerce Dept. Hotel Intercontinental, Paris. (+33-1) 43/12/29-80.

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