Record Number of Attendees From 38 Countries Expected in Stockholm for VON Europe 2005

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pulver.com today provided additional details for VON Europe,
scheduled for May 23-26, at the Stockholm International Fairs in
Stockholm. The biggest VON Europe event ever is expected to attract
more than 1,200 delegates, from 38 different countries. More than 250
speakers will discuss the latest in VoIP markets, technology and
regulation. And more than 120 companies will participate on the expo
floor -- where dozens of new product and service announcements are
anticipated.

Several press events are planned, including a press Q&A with
Niklas Zennstrom, CEO and co-founder of Skype, planned for Tuesday
afternoon, May 24th. Members of the media who are interested in
attending this press event should contact susan@pulver.com for
additional details.

"VON Europe provides a one-stop-shop to evaluate the opportunities
and threats in the new communications landscape, and conduct business
with decision makers at the world's leading carriers, telcos, mobile
operators, and technology providers," said Jeff Pulver, CEO of
pulver.com. "VON Europe is the place to be if you're looking to get
up to speed on the VoIP industry."

VON Europe will address the full spectrum of issues affecting IP
communications in Europe. The key themes presented at this year's
event include:

The "Voice of Service Providers" - This year's event features extensive
    content covering standards, deployments and challenges that service
    providers face in bringing VoIP to existing legacy networks. Sessions
    from leading European service providers including, AT&T, T-Mobile
    International, Global Crossing, NeuStar, Telio, Inclarity, TeliaSonera,
    CableLabs, and others will discuss these issues and many others.
    WiFI VoIP - As the widespread availability of hotspots for mobile
    computing continues to increase, does WiFi VoIP compete with, or
    complement traditional mobile phone service? A panel of experts from
    Nortel, Bridgeport Networks, XtraFone, NMS Communications, and Nokia will
    answer this question, and discuss a handful of issues including handset
    convergence, roaming, authentication and security.
    EU Regulator Perspectives - As the European Commission evolves its
    telecom regulation, VON Europe will take a look at the changing
    regulatory environment, and discuss the impact it has on Internet-based
    telephony. Numerous speakers; including Alan Van Gaever, policy
    development -- DG information society & Media, European Commission; will
    discuss the work being done to harmonize different regulatory viewpoints.
    The European Venture Capital Scene - A panel of Europe's leading
    technology investors will present their views on the market and offer
    guidance to early stage and mid-stage technology companies. Panelists
    include top executives from Altas Ventures, 3i Sweden, BrainHeart
    Capital, MTI Partners, Index Ventures and more.
    Enterprise Issues, including Security and Compliance - VON Europe will
    explore the trends in enterprise Voice and Data convergence with sessions
    from leading companies such as Cisco, Alcatel, SecurityLab Technologies,
    RADVISION, Macromedia and more. Topics discussed include: Additional
    bandwidth requirements for IT; how carriers' interconnections to
    customers are changing the way enterprises communicate; how IP PBX's are
    becoming part of the IT infrastructure, and many more topics.

VON Europe will cover a host of other issues, including: an IMS
update; Migrating PSTN to SIP; MPLS: Voice/Video/Data quality;
Presence and Wireless IM; and many others. To find out more about VON
Europe, or to register, please visit http://www.voneurope.com. To
register for media credentials, please contact Todd Keefe at
todd@pulver.com, or Susan Donahue at susan@pulver.com.

About pulver.com

Founded in 1994 by Jeff Pulver, pulver.com produces the highly
successful VON conferences, and is engaged in many activities that
promote the growth of communication technology. Jeff Pulver is also
the founder of VON Magazine, The VON Coalition, Free World Dialup
(FWD), LibreTel, pulverinnovations, Digisip, pulverRadio, RevUp
Records, and is co-founder of Vonage and WHP Wireless.

The pulver.com website is a key source of information for those in
the IP Communications industry and The Pulver Report
(http://pulver.com/reports) has more than 50,000 subscribers -- for
whom it is a primary source of news and information on the latest
developments in emerging net technologies. For more information,
please visit http://www.pulver.com

Contact:
Todd Keefe
pulver.com
+1-617-262-1968
todd@pulver.com
Web site: http://www.pulver.com
http://www.voneurope.com

Rückfragehinweis:
Todd Keefe of pulver.com, +1-617-262-1968, todd@pulver.com

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