ETel Adds New Speakers and Sessions

For Immediate Release

For more information, contact:
Sharon Cordesse at 707.827.7065
Or scordesse@oreilly.com

O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference Adds New Speakers and Sessions
Schedule Now Online; Early Registration Extended through January 29, 2007

Sebastopol, CA, January 10, 2007—The program schedule is nearly final for
ETel, the O’Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference. A cross-section of noted
industry experts will be leading more than 50 sessions and hands-on
workshops designed to capture the trends of the evolving telecom industry
and provide the means to navigate the communication opportunities ahead.
ETel 2007 is scheduled for February 27 through March 1, 2007 in
Burlingame, California.

Mark Spencer, president of Digium, Inc. and original creator of Asterisk
had this to say about last year's event, "ETel gave me an opportunity to
see some sprouts of true innovation coming out of the rich environment we
built with Asterisk. It showed me that indeed, given the right framework,
there are creative people who can truly innovate with new technologies and
services. I have no hesitation in recommending that telecom technologists
attend ETel to get exposed to new ideas and maybe even get some ideas for
services of their own."

A mix of the inspired and the practical, ETel offers an exciting and
unique opportunity for telecom veterans to collaborate with the new
generation of developers and alpha geeks who are creating the next wave of
IP telephony applications and tools. The ETel conference schedule is now
available online at:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/50/schedule.html. 

Featured speakers and sessions include:

-Jeff Bonforte, senior director of Real Time Communication Product
 Management, Yahoo! Inc.: Where Will Voice 3.0 Take Us?
-Jason Ling, head of Mobile Products and Technologies, MySpace.com: 
 MySpace Mobile – Portable Communities Empowering Users
-Om Malik, senior writer, Business 2.0: The Business of VoIP
-Tero Ojanpera, executive V.P. and Chief Technology Officer, Nokia
-Mark Spencer, president, Digium, Inc.: The Future of Asterisk

Additional speakers and sessions of interest include:

-Brian Aker, director of architecture, MySQL: VoIP Hacking at Home
-Brian Capouch, assistant professor and chair of the Dept. of Computer
 Science at Saint Joseph’s College: Hard Hat Engineering Session
-Jyri Engestrom, co-founder, Jaiku: Ambient Storytelling: 
 Social Communication Through Handset Presence
-Ram Fish, CEO/founder, FONAV: Linux Wi-Fi Telephony Handset – Fonav
-Kaliya Hamlin, co-producer, Internet Identity Workshops: 
 Empowering People and the Coming Identity Layer of Everything
-Matt Hamrick, co-founder, Open Cell Phone Foundation and the Homebrew
 Mobile Phone Club: Open Source Phoneware
-Mike Liebhold, senior researcher, Institute for the Future
-Aron Rosenberg: Making Video Telephony Work

A number of announcements are expected at ETel this year including the
debut of a groundbreaking product from the resident hackers at Poly9. ETel
2007 will also feature an exhibitor gallery, showcasing the projects and
products shaping the future of telephony. The conference will again host
an ETel Fair, a place to see first-hand the creations of under-the-radar
inventors in an interactive, science fair-style event. New this year is
ETel Launch Pad, a special session where groundbreaking start-ups will be
introduced to the telephony community.

Early registration for ETel has been extended through January 29, 2007.
Attendees who register by this date will save $300. O’Reilly is also
offering a special "Friends & Family Discount" for the conference this
year: 40% off the regular conference fee. This discount can be combined
with the early registration pricing for additional savings. For further
information, visit http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/50/register.html. 

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