Calendar

Competition First in 2000-CompTel Annual

Convention & Trade Exposition

February 20-23

Competitive Telecommunications Association. Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif. (330) 425-9330 ext. 802. www.comptel.org.

Wireless Symposium-Portable By Design

February 22-24

Penton Media Inc. San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. (888) 947-3734.

CDMA Engineering,

Optimization & 3G System Workshop

February 23-25

Wireless Institute of Technology. New Orleans. (210) 344-6660.

HNC Software

Technology

Conference 2000

February 24-26

HNC Telecommunications Solutions. Hyatt Regency, San Diego. (619) 546-8877.

CeBIT 2000

February 24-March 1

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

Market Operations Forum

February 27

CTIA. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 736-3677.

Federal

Telecommunications

Conference:

New Millennium,

New Opportunities

February 28-29

TeleStrategies Inc. Doubletree Hotel at Tysons Corner, Falls Church, Va. (703) 734-7050.

CTIA Wireless 2000

February 28-March 1

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842.

Strategic Cellular and Wireless Communications Seminar

March 2-3

Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. Hotel InterContinental, New Orleans. (301) 589-2259.

Billing Challenges in the Age of Converged

Networks

March 6

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. Fontainbleau Hotel, Miami. (202) 628-6380.

Marketing and Selling Telecom IT Solutions

March 6-7

TeleStrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050.

IWTA Third European

Business Wireless

Congress

March 6-7

International Wireless Telecommunications Association. Hilton Atrium Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. (202) 331-7773.

GSM in India

March 6-7

IBC Global Conferences Ltd. Hotel Ashok, Bangalore, India. (+44) 171-453-5495.

Softswitching Solutions for PSTN-IP Integration

Interworking

March 13-14

IBC Global Conferences Ltd. The Meridien, London. (+44) 171-453-5495.

Wireless Alliances and Vision Exchange 2000

March 13-15

Sawtooth Group. Mission Valley Regional Convention Center, San Diego. (732) 636-6600.

Fifth Latin American Telecommunications

Summit

March 13-16

Telecommunications Industry Association. Lima, Peru. (703) 907-7700.

Antennas: Principles,

Design and Measurements

March 13-16

Northeast Consortium for Engineering Education/Virginia Tech. San Diego. (407) 892-6146.

BellSouth Wireless Data Solutions Conference

March 14-15

BellSouth Wireless Data. Town & Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego. (732) 602-5500.

Broadband Wireless World Forum 2000

March 14-15

Shorecliff Communications Inc. San Francisco Marriott Hotel, San Francisco. (800) 608-9641.

New World Service Provider Summit

March 14-15

New World Networks. Omni Interlocken Resort, Denver. (800) 482-8144.

The Mobile ISP Forum

March 14-16

IBC Global Conferences Ltd. Meridien Montparnasse, Paris. (+44) 171-453-5495.

Expo Comm Andino 2000

March 14-17

E.J. Krause & Associates Inc. Corferias Exhibitions & Conference Center, Bogota, Colombia. (301) 493-5500.

Next Generation Handset Packaging

March 15-17

International Wireless Packaging Consortium. Fairmont Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. (613) 860-1258.

700 MHz Wireless Auction Workshop

March 16

Shorecliff Communications Inc. San Francisco. (800) 608-9641.

Entelec 2000

March 19-22

Entelec. Dallas. (888) 503-8700.

Unified Communication Services Conference

March 20-22

International Business Communications Inc. Orlando, Fla. (508) 481-6400.

The 24th International Wireless Communications Expo

March 22-24

Primedia Co. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. (800) 288-8606.

WAP Taiwan

March 23-24

IBC Asia Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan. (+65) 835-5107.

WAP Korea

March 27-28

IBC Asia Ltd. Seoul, Korea. (65) 835-5107.

Wireless Web 2000

March 27-29

ACT Conferences. Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, McLean, Va. (888) 274-7720.

Mobile Internet and

Information Services 2000

March 27-30

IBC USA Conferences Inc. The Westin Horton Plaza, San Diego. (508) 481-6400.

3rd Annual Asia Pacific 3G Mobile Systems

Conference

March 28-29

IBC Asia Ltd. Shangri-La Hotel,

Singapore. (+65) 732-1970.

Telexpo 2000

March 28-31

Advanstar Communications. Expo Center Norte, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (714) 513-8400.

Optimizing Wireless

Networks to Limit Churn and Prepare for Next

Generation Services

March 30-31

Institute for International Research. Hyatt Regency, San Francisco. (888) 670-8200.

GPRS China 2000

April 3-4

IBC Asia. Kerry Center Hotel, Beijing, China. (+65) 732-1970.

Evaluating

the 3G Business Case

April 3-4

IBC Global Conferences Ltd. Park Lane Hotel, London. (+44) 171-453-5495.

Telecom Business 2000

April 3-6

Intertec Exhibitions. Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif. (800) 288-8606.

Wireless Messaging

April 4-5

IBC Global Conferences Ltd. Le Meridien Hotel, Nice, France. (+44) 171-453-5495.

Global Summit Japan 2000-Preparing for 3G Mobile Communications

April 4-6

Institute for International Research. Westin Tokyo Hotel, Tokyo. (+852) 2531-6100.

Mobile Commerce World Asia 2000

April 5-7

AIC Worldwide. Oriental Hotel,

Singapore. (+65) 322-2700.

GPRS Taiwan 2000

April 6-7

IBC Asia. The Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. (+65) 732-1970.

GSM in Northern Africa

April 6-7

IBC Global Conferences Ltd. Sheraton Heliopolis Hotel, Cairo, Egypt. (+44) 171-453-5495.

NAB 2000

April 8-13

National Association of Broadcasters. Las Vegas. www.nab.org/conventions.

Broadband Solutions

Conference

April 10-11

Broadband Solutions. The Omni Dallas Park West, Dallas. (888) 627-2630.

Corporate Fixed Mobile Convergence

April 10-11

IBC Global Conferences Ltd. One Whitehall Place, London. (+44) 171-453-5495.

Mobile Internet 2000

April 10-12

IBC Global Conferences. Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. (+44) 171-453-5495.

IEEE/IFIP 2000 Network

Operations and Management Symposium

April 10-14

IEEE Communications Society. Honolulu, Hawaii. (212) 705-8941.

Americas ITU Telecom 2000

April 10-15

International Telecommunication Union. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (703) 907-7700.

Wireless Data, Internet & IMT-2000 3G Systems-

Annual Conference and Exhibition

April 18-20

Wireless Institute of Technology. Dallas. (210) 344-6660.

RCA 8th Annual

Convention & Exhibition

April 25-28

Rural Cellular Association. MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas. (800) 722-1872.

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