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The Broadband Services Forum is an international industry resource that provides a forum for dialogue and development, along with the tools and information to address the fundamental business and technology issues vital to the growth and health of the broadband industry. The Broadband Services Forum fosters collaboration across the broadband value chain including content, service and technology providers.

The Communications Research Network brings business together with pioneering academic researchers and high-level policy makers, accelerating the pace of innovation in the communication industry’s products, services, standards and regulation. Membership brings access to working groups, free attendance at events and opportunity to influence the direction of the research programme."

ETel, the O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference February 27-March 1, 2007 San Francisco Airport Marriott in Burlingame, CA Join us at the second annual O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference--immerse yourself in the projects, products, and the players who are changing the future of IP telephony. ETel brings together business leaders, visionary researchers from industry and universities, new venture funders, open source activists, and grassroots developers. Over the course of three days, ETel provides a road map to identify the opportunities as new forms of communication emerge.
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FierceVoIP is a free, easy to read, twice-weekly email that brings must read VoIP news and IP telephony news. FierceVoIP will get you up to speed on new technologies and developments in the field of Voice over IP. 32,000 senior industry insiders rely on FierceVoIP for their news updates – sign up today!

FierceWireless - the wireless industry daily news monitor is a free, easy to read, daily email update. FierceWireless will get you up to speed on new technologies, wireless carrier news and developments in the wireless industry. Learn why more than 75,000 senior wireless industry executives rely on FierceWireless – sign up today.

The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA) is a global alliance of telecom operators whose objective is to accelerate the development of Convergence products and services. With a rapidly growing membership base of leading Operators from around the world, and representing a customer base of over 800 million customers who stand to benefit from the development of Convergence services, the FMCA is playing a critical role in driving the availability and adoption of Convergence technologies.

The MultiService Forum is a global association of service providers, system suppliers & test equipment vendors committed to developing and promoting open-architecture, multiservice Next Generation Networks. Founded in 1998, the MSF is an open-membership organization comprised of the world’s leading telecommunications companies. The MSF’s activities include developing Implementation Agreements, promoting worldwide compatibility and interoperability of network elements, and encouraging input to appropriate national and international standards bodies. For more information about the MSF and its members, visit the MSF website.

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signalling protocol used for establishing sessions in an IP network. A session could be a simple two-way telephone call or it could be a collaborative multi-media conference session. The ability to establish these sessions means that a host of innovative services become possible, such as voice-enriched e-commerce, web page click-to-dial, Instant Messaging with buddy lists, and IP Centrex services.

The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global, non-profit industry association of more than 250 member companies devoted to promoting the growth of wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). Since the introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance’s certification program in March 2000, more than 2,500 products have been designated as Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services across the consumer and enterprise markets.