Dear Sir or Madam, It is our pleasure to inform that "International Conference on Communication and Broadband Networking" sponsored by The ATM Forum* and advanced Computing and Communication Society (ACS)** will be held in Bangalore, India on May 5-7, 2003. One of the objectives of this international conference is not only to provide a platform for exchange of technical challenges, experiences and networking solutions but also to create business opportunities on emerging IT based services among academics, researchers, practicing engineers and business leaders. We would like to encourage the submission of your papers as well as the provision of your ideas on other sessions. For more information on the event, please find the attached "Call for Papers." I would like you to circulate this information, encouraging your colleagues to submit their papers as well. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Michiko Hashimoto Regional Manager The ATM Forum Notes: * The ATM Forum is an international non-profit organization accelerating the deployment of ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and Broadband products and services. We currently have more than 150 member companies representing all sectors of the computers and communications industries, as well as government agencies, research organizations and end users. (for more information, please visit our website at http://www.atmforum.com). During the past decade, the ATM technology has evolved to support frame and packet-based services in an efficient and cost-effective way. It is the only technology that provides a multi service platform for voice, video and IP provisioning with deterministic Quality of Service (QoS). Recently, The ATM Forum launched "Roadmap to the future", focusing on key six areas - 3G/4G, Homeland Security/Public Safety, Content Delivery Services, Converged Network Services, Next Generation Networks and Optical Network. **Advanced Computing and Communication Society (ACS) which has a single mission of fostering awareness of computing and communication technology to a large number of professors, students, govt employees, and industry people and regularly holds international conferences past 9 years in India. ************************************************************************* Michiko Hashimoto / Regional Manager / The ATM Forum Asia-Pacific Office 1-2-11, Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0013, Japan Phone: +81 3 3438 3694 Fax: +81 3 3438 3698 E-mail: mhashimoto@atmforum.com URL: http://www.atmforum.com *************************************************************************