(Montvale, NJ, September 09, 2003) - SYS-CON Media's Wireless Business & Technology magazine, (WBT) (www.sys-con.com/wireless), was featured this morning on ABC's Good Morning America (www.abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA), as Tony Perkins revealed this month's exclusive feature story to viewers nationwide. Perkins appears on the cover of this issue, which debuted today on newsstands worldwide.

 

Perkins, the highest profile weatherman in America, known for delivering reports from locations where storms are actually taking place, was interviewed by WBT's crack reporting team last month, and the result - after Perkins shared news of the article with his audience today - is expected to be one of the most popular stories ever published in the magazine. The article also features photos of Perkins with Ringo Starr, during ABC's special concert series, and an interview with Bob Schles, who, as technical manager for Good Morning America, has to deal with the range of engineering issues raised by Tony's wandering broadcasting.

Wireless Business & Technology magazine is the first and only print publication on newsstands today, exclusively serving the informational needs of corporate IT and business executives who are driving their companies' wireless and mobile initiatives. The publication was launched three years ago at the CTIA Wireless Show in Santa Clara, California, as one of two wireless magazines targeting similar readership. m-Business Magazine, after a brief life, was later discontinued by CMP Media, thus leaving WBT as the only monthly magazine to serve the rapidly expanding market for enterprise-based wireless and mobile solutions.

This issue of WBT also includes the usual high-caliber mix of content popular with its readers, from an in-depth exclusive interview with the charismatic telco executive responsible for Openwave's drive toward market share in the mobile data services space, to WBT's product editor Bob Hendry pinning down Handspring's Brian Jaquet to learn what the wireless consumer will most likely be buying five years down the road.

Also in this issue, Nick Marshall explores "The New Wireless Handheld Market," informing readers that "half of the smart phones sold in 2003 are expected to use Symbian OS, which is projected to be the market-leading OS through 2006 with Microsoft SmartPhone and PocketPC emerging as its primary competitors.

"SYS-CON will introduce new magazine titles this fall, targeting specific, niche segments of the wireless industry, including new technologies which will emerge as the standards of tomorrow" said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Media. "Our world-class editorial team keeps a sharp focus on the wireless i-technology space, enabling us, as the leading technology magazine publisher in the world, to continue to serve these markets with exclusive stories such as the Perkins interview."

"Responding to the demands of the marketplace, each month WBT, together with its weekly newsletters reach over 200,000 enterprise decision makers," said Miles Silverman, vice president, sales & marketing at SYS-CON Media. "These readers rely on the magazine's top-notch reporting to chart their wireless course and execute successful enterprise-wide mobile solutions."

For advertising opportunities and details on rates, programs, availability, and deadlines, please contact Miles Silverman at miles@sys-con.com, or by phone at 201 802-3029.

For subscriptions, please visit www.sys-con.com or contact by e-mail subscribe@sys-con.com.

For newsstand inquiries, contact Curtis Circulation Company, in New Milford, New Jersey.

About SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc 500 three years in a row as the fastest growing, privately held publishing company in America, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets. SYS-CON publications include: Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), .NET Developer's Journal (www.DotNETDevelopersJournal.com), Web Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com), Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), WebSphere Developer's Journal (www.WebSphereDevelopersJournal.com), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), and Linux Business Week (www.LinuxBusinessWeek.com), and LinuxWorld Magazine (www.linuxworld.com), and MX Developer's Journal (www.MXDevelopersJournal.com).

About SYS-CON Events, Inc.

SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com) is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' upcoming 2003 conference and expo calendar includes: Web Services Edge 2003 West - International Web Services Conference & Expo, colocated with JDJEdge 2003 West - International Java Developer Conference & Expo, XML Edge 2003 West - International XML Conference & Expo, and .NET Edge 2003 West - International .NET Developer Conference & Expo, which will take place September 30 - October 2, 2003 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

LinuxWorld is the registered trademark of International Data Group, Inc. SYS-CON is using the mark pursuant to a license agreement from IDG.

Contact:
Jamie Matusow
Company: SYS-CON Media
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E-mail: jamie@sys-con.com

Contact:
Miles Silverman
Company: SYS-CON Media
Voice: 201 802-3029
E-mail: miles@sys-con.com