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LONDON, January 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Directory Marketplace
Conference 2004 (EDM04) will focus on European and worldwide opportunities in
the directory services industry, the startling but universal lessons learned
during the past year from the United Kingdom's move to create a more competitive
directory enquiry (DQ) environment, and the growing emergence of enhanced
services as a significant revenue opportunity in the wireline and wireless
markets. These enhanced services offer increasingly sophisticated capabilities
through the deployment of voice automation, location based services, and other
technologies. EDM04 will be held in London, England on February 16-17, 2004.
Users in every country are looking to find high-quality, valuable information
when they are stationary and when they are mobile, and service providers are
introducing an array of products and services that will satisfy those users'
needs. With worldwide penetration of "smart handsets" projected by some to reach
nearly 50% by 2008, service providers are also exploring ways to satisfy users'
demands tomorrow. This conference will help participants survive and thrive.
The conference will be anchored by an executive panel of three high-level
individuals from leading firms in the global directory market: Paul J. Elliott,
Chief Executive of BT Directories, Dr. Klaus Harisch, CEO of varetis, and Yahal
Zilka, Chairman of the Board of Phonetic Systems. The conference will be opened
by Andy Tipping, Head of Information Aggregation Venture, BT Wholesale.
Conference participants will have an opportunity to interact with other industry
experts, including the speakers and fellow attendees. Participants will exchange
a variety of perspectives, ranging from executives who are developing global
strategies for information delivery, to regulators who are seeking to open
competition in previously regulated markets while providing to consumers privacy
assurances that are consistent with national and multi-national expectations.
Several industry leading firms are sponsoring the conference. BT Wholesale
Ventures (www.btwholesale.com), a set
of businesses within BT Wholesale, has signed on as a Platinum sponsor.
Industry leading directory participants that have signed on as Silver sponsors
for this conference are: InfoNXX / The Number (www.infonxx.com,
www.thenumber118118.com), Information Services Extended (ISx) (www.isxinc.com),
Nuance (www.nuance.com), Phonetic Systems (www.phoneticsystems.com),
ScanSoft (www.scansoft.com), Soleo
Communications (www.soleocommunications.com),
varetis (www.varetis.com), and VoltDelta (www.voltdelta.com).
For further information about this conference, including the agenda and a full
list of speakers, or to register for this conference, please visit
www.whitaker.com, send email to info@whitaker.com,
or call +1-703-506-1220.
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