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To: Rob C. who wrote (9175)	1/27/1999 3:48:00 PM
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scievents.com Leading Executives From AT&T Wireless and NEXTLINK Headline Broadband Wireless World Forum -- Discussing Recent Blockbuster Deals & Issues In Broadband Market SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Shorecliff Communications Inc. today announced that Margaret Marino, Vice President, Network Development, NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXLK - news), and Laurence Seifert, Senior Vice President of the Local Technologies Group, AT&T Wireless, will headline the 1999 Broadband Wireless World Forum. Marino will discuss NEXTLINK's recent $695 million acquisition of WNP Communications, Inc. NEXTLINK, founded by Craig McCaw, is one of the nation's leading CLECs, and has become the largest owner of LMDS wireless spectrum in North America, covering approximately 95 percent of the top 30 markets in the United States. Seifert will discuss Project Angel, the AT&T initiative to break into the residential local exchange market utilizing fixed broadband services. Among the issues that will be explored at the 1999 Broadband Wireless World Forum are: -- Speed to market: Understanding Deployment Rate of Competitive Access Technology -- Broadband Wireless in the Enterprise Market -- Capital Markets and the Broadband Perspective -- Understanding End-User Requirements and Selection Criteria for Broadband Service -- Access Technology: Availability, Standards, Trial Results -- Market entry as a CLEC -- New Spectrum Opportunities: US and Canada -- Calibrating Quality of Service (QOS) -- Instead of Service Bundling -- with Price The show is co-sponsored by the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) and its newly formed Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and the Canadian Wireless Telecom Association (CWTA). Participating organizations include: Advanced Radio Telecom (Nasdaq: ARTT - news), Alcatel Fixed Wireless, Bosch Telecom, Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO - news), Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news), Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN - news; TSE: NNC - news), Nortel Networks, Teligent Inc. (Nasdaq: TGNT - news), and US West (NYSE: USW - news). The show will be held February 22-23, 1999, at the San Francisco Marriott. Individuals interested in exhibiting at, sponsoring, speaking or attending the 1999 Broadband Wireless World Forum should call 1-800-608-9641 or visit the website at www.scievents.com. About Shorecliff Communications, Inc. Shorecliff Communications (www.scievents.com) is a leading producer of highly specialized educational conferences for executives in the wireless telecommunications, communications infrastructure, broadband wireless, gaming, resort finance and health care industries in the US and Latin America. In addition, Shorecliff develops event properties and custom publishing ventures in partnership with corporate clients and sponsors. SOURCE: Shorecliff Communications Inc.