TelcoTV Asia ‘09 - Execs From More Than 40 Chinese & Asian Operators to Attend Along With Government Officials as Part of Shanghai’s Annual Technology Week Campaign

By Prne, Gaea News Network
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

SHANGHAI -

- Representatives from carriers such as Jiangsu Telecom, Guangdong Telecom, and Shanghai Teleocom to attend, joining Shanghai ministry officials, as well as leading video exhibitors such as ZTE and Microsoft

TelcoTV Asia 2009 (www.telcotvasia.com; www.telcotvasia.cn ), jointly hosted by Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & Television (SCRFT) and Shanghai Economy & Information Technology Commission (SHEITC), announced that representatives from more than 40 Chinese and Asian regional operators will be attending the show, which will be held October 13-14 in Shanghai, China.

Many of the telecom and cable operators that have confirmed they are attending the event, either as speakers or audience members, have launched their IPTV, mobile video, and online video services in the past 12 months. The Chinese operators in attendance will include Jiangsu Telecom, Guangdong Telecom, Heilongjiang Unicom, Shanghai Telecom, and Hangzhou WASU. They will be sharing technology topics as well as business model issues together with the leading IPTV and communications suppliers such as ZTE, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Motorola. The on-site attendee number is estimated to reach 300.

TelcoTV Asia is part of the Shanghai Municipal Government’s city-wide campaign, Software and Information Services Technology Week, involving 10 events in the same week from October 11-16. This government program includes extensive Chinese media exposure, press conferences, and attendance from a variety of governmental departments during the TelcoTV Asia event.

“TelcoTV Asia will be an important part of the Shanghai government’s program,” said Arron Xu, Associate Director of Light Reading China. “We are bringing some of the communications industry’s top speakers and players together during this week. As for TelcoTV Asia, we get great exposure and government involvement in our program by participating. This relationship is important as LR China builds its industry presence in China and continues to grow its operator audience.”

For more information about the event, please contact: Arron Xu Associate Director, Light Reading China Email: axu@lightreading.com.cn Tel: +86-21-6278 7488#8501 Lucy Green Account Director, North America Email: green@lightreading.com Tel: +1-949-223-3630

About Light Reading

Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading online media, research, and focused event company serving the US$3 trillion worldwide communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading’s research arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100 markets around the world. Light Reading produces almost 20 targeted communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet Expo London, The Tower Summit at CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as focused one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as a unit of TechWeb.

About TechWeb

TechWeb (www.techweb.com/aboutus), the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market-leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet, MSDN, and Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than US$2.5 billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly connections

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)

United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM’s businesses operating in the U.S. include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of US$2.5 billion.

Source: Light Reading

Arron Xu, Associate Director, Light Reading China, +86-21-6278-7488#8501, axu at lightreading.com.cn, or Lucy Green, Account Director, Light Reading North America, +1-949-223-3630, green at lightreading.com

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