The Phillips Group: Bandwidth Customers Key Focus Of CWM/COLO Global Convention.

Business Editors

CWM 2001 Global

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001

Wholesalers and Colocation players will continue to focus on new messages for Bandwidth at the forthcoming CWM/COLO Global Convention in London May 2-4 2001.

Customer demand for Bandwidth and the applications they will use feature as a key theme of the event.

The premier industry event to be opened by a government representative is designed for all involved with and connected to wholesale and colocation markets globally. Now in its 4th year, the convention is hosting over 100 speakers and 1000 industry professionals assembling at the ExCel Centre, a prestigious new location in London's dockland area, and is being sponsored by Ebone, BT Wholesale, WorldCom, Corvis and Corning.

"Bandwidth is the common currency of service provision today," commented Margrit Sessions, Managing Director of The Phillips Group, "and this event will facilitate the debate shifting focus to the customer, and their interaction with applications that demand high bandwidth. Carriers and colo providers are moving on to discover what customers will do with bandwidth, which will be the source of huge revenue growth in the coming years."

Special value added opportunities for all delegates new to the event include:

  --   The Wholesale Voice Seminar will be held during the convention      and is FREE for all delegates. The concentration of traffic in      city to city zones using pan European systems includes Wholesale      Voice and Players competing in these markets still need to evolve      new strategies to exploit Wholesale Voice in this ever changing      environment. Trevor Underwood, Managing Director of Concert      Wholesale Europe will provide a lead address. The workshop is      designed to provide a compelling learning experience as part of      the overall event  --   FREE White Paper - The Phillips Group global communications      consultancy hosting the event has recently revealed there is      actually a global Bandwidth Gap. `The Bandwidth Gap', a new      report revealed that the gap will restrict more than 87% of the      potential offered load from global access networks at the end of      2001. All delegates registering for CWM/COLO will receive a FREE      copy of the White Paper based on the report and a special rate to      buy a full copy.  --   COLO know-how - special presentations on managed service      provision and competition strategies. All delegates will also      receive a FREE copy of a new White Paper from The Phillips Group      - Value Added and Managed Services in a Colocation or Hosting      environment  --   Industry Interviews with top industry professionals will be held      live on the floor of the event throughout the 3 days and webcast      across the Convention centre  --   Finance and Investment - a special half-day session will assess      how investment is changing in the face of today's market      conditions and views from inside including Goldman Sachs,      Schroder Saloman Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and      perspectives from companies seeking funding.  --   Mobile Market developments - including a special address on      creating a global mobile internet brand 

For full programme and registration details please visit www.cwmexpo.com or contact bandwidth@the-phillips-group.com