US LEC Outlines IP Service Creation Challenges and Opportunities at the GLOBALCOMM™ 2006 Master ClassJeffrey Blackey, US LEC Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, to Address 'Delivering Next-Gen IP Services to the Enterprise'PRNewswire Light Reading and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced today that US LEC Corp.'s Jeffrey Blackey will provide the keynote address on January 26, for the second installment of the GLOBALCOMM™ 2006 Master Class Series. Join the analysts and editors of Light Reading and Heavy Reading for a look into how competitive local exchange carriers are using innovative IP services to win business customers in increasingly competitive local markets. The series provides a preview of the critical industry issues to be covered at GLOBALCOMM 2006, June 4-8 in Chicago. The GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series was created to help the industry understand how carriers are rising to the challenge of migrating their underlying physical and service infrastructures to meet the demands of the next-generation IP network. Each Master Class features a speaker from a leading service provider or enterprise on a topic vital to the industry, explaining how his or her organization will address this particular challenge. Rick Thompson, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst, will introduce the keynote speaker -- Jeffrey Blackey, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for US LEC -- at the second GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class at 6:00 p.m. on January 26 in the auditorium of the historic AT&T building in the heart of downtown Manhattan. Blackey will deliver a 40-minute lecture exploring how carrier networks continue to evolve from circuit-switching to packet-switching -- focusing particularly on the ways in which carriers can offer next-generation services to the enterprise with scaleable, cost-effective IP-based voice and data solutions. A question-and-answer session will follow Blackey's remarks. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served until 8:30 p.m. Join us at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 26. Registration is free for press and analysts. Register today! http://www.lightreading.com/live/masterclass About the Speaker Jeffrey E. Blackey, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, US LEC, has an MBA in Marketing & Finance from the University of Rochester and significant experience in all areas of telecommunications, including local, long distance, data/Internet, and equipment products and services. Prior to joining US LEC in 1997, Mr. Blackey spent over ten years in the industry working for Frontier and Xerox in various marketing, sales, and engineering positions. At US LEC, his responsibilities include business development, sales to Internet service providers, MegaPOP® and VoiceEclipse™ sales and service, product development, product management, market management, marketing communications, public relations, sales training, and pricing. About US LEC Based in Charlotte, N.C., US LEC (http://www.uslec.com/) is a leading IP-based communications carrier providing integrated solutions to medium and large businesses and enterprise organizations throughout 16 Eastern states and the District of Columbia. US LEC offers advanced, IP-based data and voice services such as MPLS VPN and Ethernet, as well as comprehensive Dynamic TSM VOIP-enabled services and features. The company also offers traditional local and long-distance services and traditional data services such as frame relay, multi-link frame relay, and ATM. US LEC provides a broad array of complementary services, including conferencing, data backup and recovery, data center services, and Web hosting, as well as managed firewall and router services for advanced data networking. US LEC also offers selected voice services in 26 additional states and provides enhanced data services, selected Internet services, and MegaPOP® (local dial-up Internet access for ISPs) nationwide. About the GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series The GLOBALCOMM 2006 Master Class Series was created by Light Reading and TIA to allow service providers to regularly convene with the leading minds in telecom services to discuss in depth next-generation networks and the services they carry. The series previews the critical topics and industry leaders that GLOBALCOMM 2006, June 4-8 in Chicago, will bring together. The Master Class lectures will take place evenings in the historic AT&T building in downtown Manhattan, in a convivial and relaxed atmosphere. About Light Reading Light Reading Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CMP Media, is a B-to-B network information provider. Light Reading publishes http://www.lightreading.com/, the leading global content site for the telecom industry; http://www.byteandswitch.com/, a storage networking site; and http://www.unstrung.com/, dedicated to wireless networking. Light Reading is also affiliated with http://www.heavyreading.com/, a market research site for quantitative analysis of telecom technology to carriers, service providers, and vendors. About CMP Media Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands in the technology, healthcare, and lifestyles industries, CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com/) has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields 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 each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. About TIA The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA; http://www.tiaonline.org/) is the leading trade association for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. As owner and producer of GLOBALCOMM™, TIA serves ICT suppliers serving global service provider and enterprise customers through its leadership in standards development, domestic and international policy advocacy, and facilitating member business opportunities. TIA represents the communications sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA). About GLOBALCOMM™ GLOBALCOMM (http://www.globalcomm2006.com/) is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). The Next-Generation Communications Marketplace and Summit will take place June 4-8, 2006, at McCormick Place in Chicago. 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