Released on = April 19, 2006, 10:01 am

Press Release Author = Marcelo Toledo/IBC

Industry = Telecommunications

Press Release Summary = (PUERTO RICO, 19th April) - Four international conferences,
almost 50
keynote speakers, same time and place. The formula adopted by IBC aims to maximize
experiences exchange, networking and exhibition opportunities for the Caribbean &
Central America telecoms companies and executives. From 17th to 18th May, Puerto
Rico will receive top executives for the annual editions of \"Billing Summit\",
\"Prepaid Forum\", \"Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management International Meeting\" and
\"Broadband International Meeting\".

Press Release Body = Billing Summit

The second edition of this international meeting will offer to delegates the
opportunity to achieve cost-effective and flexible business solutions on several key
issues on billing systems consolidation, migration and
integration. Audience will benefit from hearing Andreas Freund, member of the
executive council of GBA - Global Billing Association, Andrew Peart,
VP of billing at Cable & Wireless Jamaica, Mario Agosto, billing director at PRTC
Puerto Rico, Rosaura Vasquez, billing manager at Verizon
Dominicana, Myra Mitchel, billing manager at BTC Bahamas, Gabriel Muñoz Gonzalez,
billing senior manager at Alestra Mexico, and much more. The
challenges to develop real-time charging solutions and billing strategies for mobile
content services will also be on the discussions. The schedule is available at
www.ibcamericas.com/billingcaribbean.

Prepaid Forum

Another conference on its second edition, the Prepaid Forum will get together
experts from Digicel Jamaica, Cable & Wireless Barbados, Comcel
Haiti, Orga Systems, Comverse and independent consultants, such as Melissa Harris,
president at Telecom Training Corp., Jose F. Otero, president at Signals Consulting,
and Vishal Currie. The 2006 edition will concentrate discussions on the strategies
to increase prepaid services revenue and usage, to maximize distribution and
recharge channels for increasing customer loyalty and profitability. IBC also
invited Leon Williams, senior VP & COO at Batelco Bahamas to share BTC´s experience
on building an effective recharging network. The schedule is available at
www.ibcamericas.com/prepaidcaribbean

Broadband Caribbean & Central America

Mapping out broadband strategies applied by players, identifying trends and
opportunities to create competitive services are the proposals for
this conference, organized by the first time with focus on the Caribbean & Central
America markets. The event will offer to the audience an industry
overview, including business potential, the role of regulation to stimulate
broadband growth, the future of wireless broadband and much more. Remarkable
speeches from C. Courtney Jackson, the deputy director at the regulation office in
Jamaica, and Melesia Sutherland Campbell,
regulatory advisor at Cable & Wireless Jamaica will point the Jamaican program to
encourage broadband adoption. Other relevant presentation will be conducted by the
VP Dolores Martos and the senior sales engineer Ricardo Pellicciari de Andrade from
New Skies Satellites: interactive content via global satellite coverage. The
schedule is available at www.ibcamericas.com/broadbandcaribbean

Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management Conference

Another meeting focused in the Caribbean and Central America markets, the conference
will get together the industry experts to identify and overcome actual and future
fraud threats and thereby safeguard operators´ margins.
The line up of keynote speakers will include David Smith, director at GBA, Victoria
Rivera, representative from the PRTC Puerto Rico, Yolquin De Jesús Estévez Torres,
RA manager at Verizon Dominicana, Giovani Mancilla Gaona, fraud control manager at
Colombia telecomunicaciones, Arodis Suazo Rancier, security director at Puerto Rico
Telephone, Javier Postigo López, fraud control chief at Móviles (Telefónica del
Peru), and Juan Eugenio Guzmán Rojas, fraud prevention manager at Telefónica CTC
Chile.

Besides the key issues to be tacked by operators in the Caribbean & Central America
markets, the schedule will also include discussions on the
risk evaluation in Revenue Assurance Strategies, conducted by Igor Sanabria, from
Nuevatel PCS Bolivia, bad debt issues for the full service
operator, presented by Charles Mcphee, director of internal audit at BTC Bahamas,
and the level of subscription fraud in Jamaica, analyzed by David Roache, senior
investigator at Cable & Wireless Jamaica. The schedule is
available at www.ibcamericas.com/fraudcaribbean.

The four co-located conferences will have their session times synchronized and
delegates will be able to interact during lunch and coffee breaks. The conferences
are endorsed by Canto, 3G Americas and GBA. Detailed information on all these events
is available through the main web site www.ibcamericas.com or in their own pages
mentioned before, or calling +55-11-3017-6808.

AGENDA:
Four co-located conferences in Puerto Rico: \"Billing Summit\", \"Prepaid
Forum\", \"Broadband International Meeting\", and \"Revenue Assurance & Fraud
Management Conference\"
May 17th to 18th at the Westin Rio Mar Beach Golf Resort & Spa - Puerto Rico
From 9am to 6pm
Organized by IBC
Registration: +55-11-3017-6888, or at www.ibcamericas.com

EDITOR´S NOTES:

1. PRESS PARTICIPATION: Due to administrative issues, journalists interested in
media coverage will be allowed to attend just the plenary
sessions. For press participation, journalists must contact previously the IBC press
team through the e-mail: ibc@ibcbrasil.com.br

2. ABOUT IBC
IBC - International Business Communications is an Informa business, www.informa.com,
a leading business information group delivering high
value content to clients in all economy sectors around the world, using a broad
range of media formats, which includes newspapers, magazines,
newsletters, CD-ROM, books, consultancy, conferences, exhibitions, seminars,
workshops, awards, training courses, internet and other
electronic real time services. Nowadays, over 50 worldwide offices in seventeen
countries supply information to customers in more than 180
countries. In the Americas, IBC operates in the USA and Brazil. For further press
information, contact IBC press team through the e-mail:
ibc@ibcbrasil.com.br.


Web Site = http://www.ibcamericas.com

Contact Details = Marcelo Toledo
Communications Advisor
IBC - International Business Communications
Phone + 55-11-3017-6857
Mobile + 55-11-8389-5155
Fax + 55-11-3017-6914