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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
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




SHANGHAI, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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 $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 $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 $2.5 billion.


SOURCE Light Reading