Siemens Senior Executive is The Opening Keynote at CONNECTIONS



New Challenges for Converging Industries Addressed at CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe

Dallas, TX -/October 05, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe announces that Stefan Jenzowsky, Vice President and Head of Business Innovation for Siemens Communications, is the opening keynote on November 15. Siemens Communications is also an anchor sponsor of this inaugural event.

CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA?), will take place November 14-16, 2006, at the Adlon Kempinski in Berlin, Germany. The conference offers the European continent a single, focal event examining the international trends, strategies, and key players pertinent to the development of digital living technologies.

Mr. Jenzowsky's keynote "Innovation in Business Models: How the Telecommunication, Internet, Media, and Entertainment Industries are converging to become the TIME industry" is the morning of November 15. His topics include the impact of recent technological advances and how business practice is evolving to meet the new challenges in the markets for digital living.

"On a global basis, digital lifestyle product and services markets are moving rapidly toward widespread consumer adoption," said Tricia Parks, CEO of Parks Associates. "For example, residential broadband subscriptions on a worldwide basis are expected to reach nearly 400 million households. Specific to the European market, service providers are actively engaged in broadband-related digital lifestyle deployments, including residential gateways, IPTV, advanced communications services, and more. With its broad array of products and services aimed at the digital lifestyle, we are delighted to have Siemens represented at CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe to provide a perspective on digital living in Europe."

For more information on CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe, to view the preliminary agenda, or to register for the conference, visit http://www.connectionseurope.com.

About CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe: CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with Consumer Electronics Association (CEA?) is a new conference offering the European continent a single, focal event to present and learn about vital international trends, strategies, and key players in the development of digital living technologies pertinent to market acceleration.