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The Next Wireless Industry Wave - Mobile Payments and Banking Services - Featured in Special Interest Seminar at CTIA Wireless 2007

Posted on: Monday, 5 March 2007, 15:00 CST

ORLANDO, Fla., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile payments and banking services, one of the wireless industry's fastest growing non-voice applications, is the focus of "Mobile Payments World" conference, March 26, 2007. The event is a Special Interest Seminar taking place in conjunction with the annual CTIA Wireless 2007 event in Orlando, Florida.

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The conference is a production of CMP Technology, the largest technology B2B media company in the country, and publishers of Bank Systems & Technology magazine.

"Payment by cell phone is a rapidly growing industry segment, and is expected to alter the payments business as it will the wireless business for handset manufacturers, mobile carriers, 3rd party developers and technology suppliers," said Timothy Downs, vice president of CMP Technology. "This is the first event to focus exclusively on the emerging business ecosystem of mobile payments at the annual CTIA Wireless show."

"Mobile Payments World" conference features many of the leading organizations active in early deployments and pilot programs of mobile payments and banking. Features speakers include Spencer White of Cingular Wireless, Pam Zuercher of Visa, Michael Lindsey of BancorpSouth, Doug Britt of Helio and more.

As part of the event, Edgar, Dunn & Company and Mobile Payments World magazine will make available the results from its the second survey and first to assess the collective vision for mobile payments among global thought leaders in payments and financial services. Mobile Payments World features panel sessions, case studies and presentations from leading enabling technology platforms. Registration and Programming information is available online at http://www.scievents.com/mpw and http://www.ctiawireless.com/

About CTIA Wireless

CTIA WIRELESS 2007 is ... the world's largest wireless marketplace with tens of thousands of attendees, over 400,000 square feet of exhibits, 20% international participation from over 100 countries, and represents a $500 billion global industry with 2.3 billion subscribers worldwide.

About CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com/)

CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP Media has earned the confidence of more professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Media is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

CONTACT: Timothy Downs of CMP Technology, +1-949-223-3628

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CMP Media

CONTACT: Timothy Downs of CMP Technology, +1-949-223-3628

Web site: http://www.cmp.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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