The Americas' First Broadband World Forum Closes with Breaking News, Leading-Edge Panels, Top Vendors and International Attendance

CHICAGO --(Business Wire)-- With attendees from Canada, Mexico, the U.S. and many countries from Europe and Asia as well, the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) wrapped up the Americas' first Broadband World Forum with breaking news, leading-edge panels, top vendors and an international audience in Vancouver this month with TELUS as the official host sponsor.

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IEC President John Janowiak stated, "Broadband is one of the hottest, most topical issues around the globe today. What we discuss and learn at the Broadband World Forums will affect every consumer and business in some shape or form. The transformations in our industry will affect our daily lives -- how way we receive our information, conduct our business, entertain ourselves, and more. We are ecstatic that we were able to bring the forum to the Americas and we look forward to next year's Broadband World Forum Americas in Brazil with Telefonica as the official host sponsor."

This year's sponsors included TELUS, the official host sponsor, Siemens, Bell Canada, Accenture, Alcatel, Cisco Systems, ECI Telecom, Juniper Networks, Nokia, Redback Networks, Visionael, Texas Instruments, and Operax.

Nashville attendee Eko Ishii of Cwell Institute, LLC, commented, "Our clients from Japan thoroughly enjoyed the programs they attended. Beginning with our registration, we truly appreciated the IEC's assistance at the Broadband World Forum Americas."

The Broadband World Forum Americas' world-class programming consisted of speakers from service and content providers such as TELUS, BT, Bell Canada, Canby Telecom, Cox Communications, Deutsche Telekom K.K, Easynet, Rogers Communication, Sasktel, Sprint Nextel, Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Verizon.

The IEEE Communications Society held their annual EntNet at the Broadband World Forum Americas.

Gabriel Jakobson, EntNet 2006 General Chair, commented, "The 6th IEEE Conference on Enterprise Networking and Services (ENTNET 2006) is an annual tradition bringing together business leaders, visionaries, vendors, practitioners, and technologists. This year ENTENT took place in Vancouver in association with the IEC's Broadband World Forum Americas, which had an excellent program including technical panel sessions, workshops on advanced wireless technologies and a tutorial program."

The DSL Forum also introduced its new plans for broadband with its BroadbandSuite at the Broadband World Forum Americas previewing the latest features of its BroadbandControl, BroadbandAccess, and BroadbandHome to attendees and media.

Operax, Siemens, ECI, Redback Networks, PeerApp, Telcordia, and Modulus Video presented their latest technologies and services in the TecPreview Theatre, which took place on the exhibition floor.

For photos, keynote addresses, and event highlights, visit www.iec.org/events/2006/bbwf_americas/ or contact Lisa Reyes at +1-312-559-3325 or [email protected].