NEW YORK (February 14, 2007) — Telephony^® and WirelessReview^®, leading business magazines covering the telecom industry, and NXTcomm today announced that the magazines will serve as the joint official publishers of the NXTcomm Daily News print and electronic show daily products, as well as the Official NXTcomm Show Program Guide.

NXTcomm, which is co-owned by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom), will focus on the converged future of communications and entertainment and will take place June 18-21, 2007 in Chicago. NXTcomm replaces both GLOBALCOMM and TelecomNEXT. The NXTcomm Daily News will be written and produced on-site by the award-winning editors of Telephony and Wireless Review, and will offer expanded print distribution as well as a pre-show e-newsletter series, e-newsletter Daily News version, podcasts, webcasts and online news reporting.

The Official NXTComm Show Program Guide will be published prior to the event and include comprehensive exhibitor, conference and speaker information as well as feature data highlighting industry trends.

“Telephony and Wireless Review will create the definitive print and electronic source covering the companies, technology and trends making news at NXTcomm 2007,” said Mark Hickey, publisher of Telephony. “Our industry-veteran editorial team will relay the excitement and news-value of the technologies and companies making news at this key industry event, while delivering bundled marketing opportunities and more value to the exhibiting companies.”

The print edition of the NXTcomm Daily News will be published each day the NXTcomm exhibits are open: June 19, 20 and 21. The 2007 Daily News will have an on-site circulation of 12,000 issues per day, and will be distributed at rooms of NXTcomm attendees at key hotels on

Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The Daily News will also be the only publication distributed throughout McCormick Place and at conference/keynote sessions. The 2007 NXTcomm Daily News will also include a series of pre-show, technology-focused e-newsletters, e-newsletter versions of the Daily News, daily podcasts and a co-branded Daily News web site. The e-newsletters will be delivered directly to the desktops of 75,000 Telephony and Wireless Review e-newsletter subscribers and NXTcomm registered attendees.

The Official NXTcomm Show Program Guide will be the only guide distributed by NXTcomm show organizers to all registered attendees, with an expected distribution of 20,000 to 30,000 copies.

“Telephony and Wireless Review are industry leaders and we are fortunate to have them play such a pivotal role in the launch of NXTcomm,” NXTcomm Executive Director Wayne Crawford said. “We’re looking forward to working with the publications’ staff to create a show daily and program guide that chronicles the only event where the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment meet.”

Editorial development of the NXTcomm Daily News and the Show Program Guide will be led by Telephony’s editor-at-large, Carol Wilson, and Telephony’s director of content development, Jason Meyers. For more information on advertising packages, bundled opportunities and sponsorships, contact Mark Hickey at (312) 840.8408 or mhickey@telephonyonline.com.

Telephony and Telephony’s Wireless Review are leading publications for all communications service providers: new and incumbent, wireline and wireless. They deliver insightful and thorough coverage of the news, technologies and business strategies driving the industry. Both publications are part of the new Penton Media’s family of print and electronic publications, events and rich data products serving the telecommunications industry.

NXTcomm, the new industry venue co-owned by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) that will feature the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment, comes to Chicago’s McCormick Place June 18-21, 2007. NXTcomm will unite the premier information and communications technology (ICT) industry supplier and technology companies with the world’s leading communications and entertainment companies that are together driving broadband-based innovation around the world. For more information, go to www.nxtcommshow.com.

Headquartered in New York, the new Penton Media, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest business-to-business media and information companies, serving more than six million business professionals every month. Its market-leading brands are focused on 23 industries. The company was formed through the combination of Prism Business Media and Penton Media. The new company will adopt the Penton Media brand and expects to complete the transition to this new unified branding by March 15. Its growing portfolio includes 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 96 industry trade shows and conferences and more than 500 information data products. The privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.prismb2b.com and www.penton.com.
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