Four conferences in Puerto Rico will discuss telecoms major issues in the Caribbean & Central America markets

(PUERTO RICO, 22 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".

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
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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.