TORONTO, ONTARIO--(May 17, 2005) - Jake Gordon & Associates, Canada's leading IT event management group, is pleased to announce that Alcatel has joined SMB World™ 2005 as a regional Silver Sponsor.

"We are proud to have Alcatel join SMB World™ 2005," said Jacob (Jake) Gordon, president & CEO of Jake Gordon & Associates and Chairman of SMB World. "Alcatel's state-of-the-art communications solutions are recognized worldwide. We look forward to learning about the unique solutions that they deliver to SMB customers to help them develop their business presence and improve their interactions with customers and partners."

Alcatel is delighted to be a sponsor of SMB World 2005, said Hilary Mine, SVP, North American Marketing for Alcatel "Building on our leadership in enterprise communications, Alcatel focuses on the needs of small and mid size businesses by developing unique solutions with our service provider partners. Working with operators including Verizon, France Telecom, and Qwest, we provide managed communications solutions that offer SMB's the choice, control, and consistency they want."

SMB World™ 2005, Canada's Small & Medium Business IT Solutions Show, provides small- and medium-sized enterprises with a unique environment designed to address their unique operational challenges and business needs. The SMB World speaker roster will include renowned management experts, executive of industry associations, industry consultants, top-tier suppliers, and top-ranking financial & technology analysts. The event also serves as a great networking forum between local end users and local suppliers/solution providers. The show will be held in the SMB hotbeds of Canada.

For further information, please contact:

SMB World 2005
Jen Evans
Sequentia Communications
416-203-3656
jen@sequentia.net

Charlie Guyer
Sr. Director, North American Media Relations
Alcatel
Main/Mobile: 978-257-3490
Alt. Business Line: 978-927-6984
charlie.guyer@alcatel.com

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