Exhibitor PR Tools

As you begin to make your PR and marketing plans, we encourage you to use CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008 as a platform for announcing your company’s news. There is no other venue that brings together all of the key reporters and industry analysts who cover wireless technology. Press attendance at CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment continues to grow with significant participation from business, IT, online and consumer press outlets from around the world.

The CTIA PR team is in constant contact with the media, and we’re interested in learning about any new products, services or company announcements you’re planning for the show. In addition to our team’s media outreach efforts, we regularly receive inquiries from journalists who are looking for the latest “exhibitor news.”

Our PR team is here to help you plan and execute public relations activities for CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008. Feel free to contact if you need any assistance or have any questions leading up to the show. We are also available onsite during the show to help you!

CTIA PR Contacts:

Cheryl Delgreco (Boston)
Office: (617) 723-4004
Mobile: (617) 429-6749
cdelgreco@msipr.com

Karen Blondell (Los Angeles)
Office: (310) 325-6405
Mobile: (310) 922-5838
kblondell@msipr.com

Liora Bram (Boston)
Office: (617) 864-3931
Mobile: (617) 821-4704
lbram@msipr.com

PR Opportunities:

Pre-registered Media List
Exhibitor PR Contact Form
Media Sponsorship Opportunities
Onsite Media Center
Exhibitor Virtual Press Kits
Exhibitor Hard Copy Press Kits
Exhibitor Interview Rooms
Press Conference Room
Official Show Daily

Pre-Registered Media List

Exhibitors must assign a PR contact to gain access to the pre-registered press list, which will become available Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The pre-registered press list contains only the names and contact information of reporters and analysts who have “opted in” to receive news and updates. The list provides you with most reporters’ beats and areas of news coverage interest. We strongly encourage you to examine this list closely and to only contact reporters and analysts who cover your market. Please do not blast an email to everyone on the list.

Please fill out the Exhibitor PR Contact Form to gain access to and download the pre-registered press list. Click here to fill out the form.

Exhibitor PR Contact Form

Whether you are internal PR or a member of a PR agency please complete the Exhibitor PR Contact Form so that you will receive correspondence from the CTIA PR team concerning the pre-registered press list, press conference room availability, media interview rooms and other announcements and activities concerning the show. Click here to fill out the form.

Media Sponsorship Opportunities

Onsite Media Center

Location:	Moscone West	Level 2 Lobby
Hours:	Tuesday, Sept 9 Wednesday, Sept 10 Thursday, Sept 11 Friday, Sept 12	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

CTIA’s Media Center is a working newsroom equipped with computers, printers, WiFi, high-speed Internet access, exhibitor press kits and continental breakfast and lunch. Access to the Media Center is strictly limited to CTIA credentialed press. No exhibitors or attendees will be allowed access.

Exhibitor Virtual Press Kits – Virtual Press Office (VPO)

Many CTIA exhibitors are using VPO to post their press kits online. This is the preferred distribution method, and so green! Virtual Press Office (VPO) and BusinessWire are the official and exclusive online press kit and press release distribution services for CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008, working with exhibitors to post items on a dedicated Web site. These materials will also appear on the official show Web site and on every computer screen in the CTIA Media Center in San Francisco.

To learn more, please contact:

Chris Kenrick - VPO
973-233-5362
chris@vpoinc.com

Leon Harbar - BusinessWire
800-237-8212
tradeshow@businesswire.com

Exhibitor Hard Copy Press Kits

Exhibitors that still prefer to distribute hard copy press kits may drop them off in the CTIA Media Center—located in Moscone West, Level 2 Lobby—beginning Tuesday, September 9, at 9:00 a.m. Please consider putting your press kit on a USB or CD—it saves significantly on paper waste and the media appreciate it! PLEASE NOTE: only folders, press releases, USBs and CDs will be accepted; absolutely no pens, notebooks, t-shirts, hats, etc. will be allowed.

CTIA does not accept shipped delivery of press kits, so exhibitors should plan to hand-deliver press kits to the Media Center. Please limit your Media Center distribution to approximately 100 press kits. We encourage you to keep some press kits on hand in your booth! Only exhibitors may leave their press kits in the designated area within the Media Center; this includes companies who have purchased meeting rooms on the show floor.

Exhibitor Interview Rooms

Location: Moscone West, Level 2 Lobby

Interview rooms are located on next to the Media Center. They are available to EXHIBITORS ONLY for onsite interviews with press and analysts in one-hour time slots beginning Tuesday, Sept. 9 through Friday, Sept. 12. There is a one-hour limit per day, per exhibitor. Interview Room hours mimic Media Center hours of operation.

Contact Cheryl Delgreco at cdelgreco@msipr.com to make a reservation.

Press Conference Room

Location: Moscone West, Level 2 Lobby

CTIA provides a press conference room for the exclusive use of CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008 exhibitors. Time slots are assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis in one-hour increments Wednesday, Sept. 9 through Thursday, Sept. 11. Press conferences may not be conducted on the exhibit floor, in meeting rooms or in hotel rooms. Catering is not permitted. Additional A/V requirements, including Internet access, must be coordinated by CTIA at the exhibitor’s expense.

CTIA schedules press conferences for minimal conflict with keynotes and other events. While exhibitors are responsible for promoting their news conferences, CTIA will post the press conference schedule on the show Web site, email it to all pre-registered media and make it available onsite in the Media Center.

Theater seating for 60-70 people
Podium with microphone
Two (2) wireless lavs
Small sound system
LCD projector
Screen (size based on room)
Mult-box
Tech operator

Email completed Press Conference Reservation Forms to Cheryl Delgreco at cdelgreco@msipr.com.

Official Show Daily

Official Print Show Daily - RCR Wireless News

RCR Wireless News is proud to once again be the official publisher of the CTIA WIRELESS 2008 Show Daily. RCR Wireless News is first with carrier, distributor, network, handset and mobile content news. Published since 1981, RCR Wireless News is daily in electronic media and weekly in newspaper reporting on cellular/PCS, data, paging, WLAN and broadband. RCR Wireless News draws on its seasoned staff of reporters and editors to produce comprehensive show dailies in a full color, magazine size format.

To advertise in the RCR Wireless News Show Daily package, please contact the appropriate RCR sales rep:

Eastern Region Pegeen Prichard Senior Sales Manager 312-280-3122 pprichard@crain.com	Western Region & International Alex Lemke Sales Manager 303-698-7605 alemke@crain.com
New York & New Jersey Capel States Director of Business Development/ Electronic Media 212-210-0239 cstates@crain.com	Dena Carlson *Classified Sales Manager* 303-698-7610 dcarlson@crain.com