VZW to Host Summit

NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless today beganaccepting registrations for the first annual Mobile Convergence TechnologySummit, co-sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent and scheduled for May 6, 2008 at NewWorld Stages, 340 West 50th Street in Manhattan.

The summit, which begins with registration at 9 a.m. and closes with areception from 5 to 7 p.m., is designed to educate business customers tothe benefits and advantages of taking their wireless devices beyond simpleemail management. Managers and executives from businesses of all sizes willbenefit from the event's hands-on tutorials, previews of the newestbusiness applications and live demonstrations by a wide-range of mobilesolutions providers.

"This conference will provide valuable information to anyone who uses aPDA or Smartphone device for business," said Maitland Muse, regionaldirector- Verizon Wireless' Data Solutions. "All too often, employees aregiven devices by their companies without any instruction on theircapabilities. By teaming up with leading application providers, we can helpchange the way New York Metro area companies do business and show them howleveraging mobile applications can help increase productivity, lowermanagement costs and simplify sales."

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