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August 29, 2005

Posted by - TelephonyWorld @ 8:29 pm PST

VOICECON HONORED WITH TRADESHOW WEEK'S 'FASTEST 50' AWARD

Award Confirms Dramatic Growth of Leading Event for IP Telephony and Converged Networks

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SAN DIEGO, CA, August 29, 2005 VoiceConr (www.voicecon.com), produced by MediaLive International, Inc. today announced that it has been named a recipient of Tradeshow Week's Fastest 50 award, which goes to the fifty fastest-growing events in the North America trade show industry, based on percentage growth and net square footage of growth between 2002 and 2004. Combined with the recent announcement that the VoiceCon Fall exhibition floor has completely sold out, this recognition reaffirms VoiceCon's position as the premier event for voice, IP Telephony and convergence technologies, products, systems and services.

The VoiceCon heritage has been to deliver in-depth technical sessions, prominent speakers and strategy discussions, which attracts high level enterprise decision makers to review the latest products, and to meet and network with potential partners, consultants and analysts. This has never been more evident than at VoiceCon Fall (www.voiceconfall.com), taking place this week at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, which includes every major vendor in the enterprise voice, IP telephony and converged network market. VoiceCon provides attendees an unmatched opportunity to meet with leading vendors to solve their IP Telephony needs.

"The market for enterprise voice, IP telephony and converged networks is changing and growing at a remarkable rate," said Fred Knight, VoiceCon General Manager. "For the past 15 years, VoiceCon has been the flash point for identifying the technologies and business trends that have been shaping the future of the market, while providing practical insight into the choices faced by enterprise IT and telecom executives."

"The TSW Fastest 50 awards are given to the industry events that have demonstrated the strongest growth over the past three years," said Adam Schaffer, Publisher, Tradeshow Week. "Based on this impressive growth, VoiceCon has clearly distinguished itself by being named to this prestigious list."

VoiceCon is now held twice yearly, with VoiceCon Fall (www.voiceconfall.com) taking place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, August 29 September 1 and VoiceCon Spring (www.voiceconspring.com) being held March 6-9 in Orlando. In addition, the VoiceCon Implementation Tour, which was launched in summer 2004, will be taking place in Dallas on October 18; Atlanta on October 20; New York on October 26; and Chicago on November 1. VoiceCon is also supported by VoIP Loop (www.voiploop.com), a news, information and opinion site that features thought leaders in VoIP and enterprise IP Telephony and convergence; VoiceCon eNews, a weekly email newsletter that is distributed to approximately 23,000 subscribers; and the VoiceCon Webinar Series.

About VoiceConr
VoiceConr, now in its 15th year, is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise voice, IP Telephony and convergence in North America. VoiceConr brings decision makers together with the industry's pioneering end users, vendors, and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise voice networks and the migration to IP Telephony and convergence. As the momentum toward IP telephony and convergence has grown, VoiceCon has expanded to include VoiceCon Fall, August 29-September 1 in San Diego, VoiceCon Spring, March 6-9 in Orlando, and the VoiceCon Implementation Tour. VoiceConr is presented by BCR, a division of MediaLive International, Inc. For more information about the event, visit www.voicecon.com.

About MediaLive International, Inc.
MediaLive International connects companies to the markets they serve through media properties, software tools and marketing solutions that educate buying communities, deepen relationships between buyers and sellers, and fuel market growth. MediaLive International's media brands encompass the IT industry's largest and most well-respected exhibitions, including Interopr, VoiceConr, Next Generation Networksr, the Web 2.0r Conference, Seybold Seminarsr, COMDEXr, the Collaboration Technologies Conference, Mobile Business Expo, GTECSM and respected publications including Business Communications Reviewr and The Seybold Reportr. The Wingate Studios division delivers the industry's leading end-to-end event management software platform WingateWeb and professional services -- including strategic planning, technical integration, analytics and event programming -- that help companies produce their own live marketing programs.

MediaLive International is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout the world. For more information about MediaLive International, visit www.medialiveinternational.com.

About Tradeshow Week:
For over 34 years, Tradeshow Week has served the exhibition industry as the premier weekly news magazine. Tradeshow Week also publishes the Tradeshow Week Data Book, Tradeshow Week Major Exhibit Hall Directory, Tradeshow Week 200 and Tradeshow Week Buyer's Guide. Tradeshow Week is owned by Reed Business Information (RBI), the largest business-to-business publisher in the U.S. RBI is a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL), a world leading publisher and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors.