The 8th Annual GSM Americas Congress will concentrate the key players from the GSM community to discuss market developments and technology expansion in the Americas

With free attendance for operators, the GSM Americas Congress will bring together the key players from the GSM community for their 8th Annual event to discuss the critical issues and success factors facing this developing region and provide an essential networking platform. The conference is co-located with GSM Latin America activities and the whole event will be held from November 8th to 11th at the Inter-Continental Hotel, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the endorsement of the GSM Association, 3G Americas and CANTO.

BRAZIL (PRWEB) September 2, 2004 -- On November 8th and 9th the GSM Association Latin America will lead two sessions. The 'Services Workshop' will educate attendees with regards to the service opportunities that are in the marketplace at the moment and how to exploit these, and the 'GSM Association LA Regional Plenary Meeting' will contemplate issues in areas such as legal & regulation, terminals, technical, roaming, fraud & security as well as the private operator CEOs meeting.

On November 10th and 11th during the two-day Congress, the audience will network with and learn from the experiences of more than 40 senior
executives from leading operators and regulators, including Marco de Lissicich, Chairman, GSM Latin America & CEO, Telecom Personal, Argentina; Juan Carlos Jil, International & Development Director, Telecom Personal, Argentina; Freddy Maldonado Valcik, VP of Regulation, Nuevatel, Bolivia; Jarbas José Valente, Superintendent, ANATEL, Brazil; Jorge Bascur, Marketing Planning Manager, Entel, Chile; William Nazaret, CEO, Digicel, El Salvador; Alvaro Moraes, General Director TIM Sul, TIM, Brazil, and Robert Berner, Senior VP & CTO, Rogers Wireless, Canada.

A series of operator case studies will provide attendees with experiences from Mexico, USA, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Canada, the Caribbean and more. Widely recognized as the most important meeting place for the GSM community in the Americas, the Congress in 2003 had over 400 attendees from 25 countries including 72% from operators. For the 2004 conference, "this event will provide an
excellent platform for unrivalled networking opportunities with high caliber operators from the whole region", said Nigel Yeates, the GSM
Americas Congress Program Director.

For more detailed information, call 00-55-11-3017-6888, or visit www.gsmconferences.com/gsmamericas. Journalists must be accredited by the Congress press advisory team through the e-mail: ibc@ibcbrasil.com.br
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