Trade Fairs & Conferences International (TFCI) - India's premier niche technology event producers is happy to present VoIP India 2002 - the comprehensive conference and trade show, scheduled between 2-3 May, 2002, at The Regent, Mumbai.

VoIP India 2002 is the conference and trade show for the VoIP Industry. It will the perfect platform where the entire Indian VoIP industry will get together to conduct rewarding and meaningful business. The VoIP market in India is currently estimated to be around Rs. 900 crores.

The Government of India recently caused a major flutter among the ISP and Telecom segments by announcing acceptance of the recommendations made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on International Long Distance (ILD) using VOIP.

While the mood is generally upbeat with the government ushering in this deregulation at a frenetic pace, news now flows in of more and more companies jumping into the bandwagon of this highly promising and burgeoning IP marketplace, and trying to optimally leverage their bandwidth, infrastructure and network, evaluating competitive advantages to reap the harvest.

A year ago, voice communications seemed destined to be just another application on the enterprise data network. Today the situation proves much more complicated with a recession looming, budgets tighter, and the events of 9/ 11 demonstrating what can happen quickly and without warning to an organization's IT infrastructure. VoIP India 2002 will be an essential venue for IP professionals to garner the information needed to make wise choices for their voice network in the defining months ahead.

• Professionals will have an excellent opportunity to not only have a first-hand exposure of the state-of-the-art products & services of emerging players in the Indian & International VoIP industry.

• Listen to level-one professionals responsible for driving this burgeoning industry forward. The conference will focus on businesses, technologies and issues facing the Indian VoIP industry today. Special focus will be given to interests of carriers, ISPs, NextGen Telecom companies, Enterprise users and Government policies.

• This event will bring forth an insight into both - PSTN/IP and Wireless/IP convergence in the Enterprise & Carriers segments and provide an in-depth analysis of the Government Policies and regulations vis-à-vis Deregulation of the IP market - its ambiguities, benefits and shortcomings.