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Official Sponsor
PCCW Limited (PCCW) is the largest and most comprehensive communications operator in Hong Kong and a world-class player in Information & Communications Technologies (ICT).

As provider of Hong Kong's first quadruple-play experience, PCCW offers a range of innovative media content and services across four platforms — fixed-line, broadband Internet, TV and mobile.

Internationally, PCCW meets the sophisticated needs of enterprises and carriers, while supporting network operators with leading-edge technical services and handling large-scale IT outsourcing projects for public and private sector organizations.

Employing a total of approximately 15,800 staff, PCCW maintains a presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and mainland China, as well as Hong Kong and other parts of Asia.

PCCW shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK: 0008) and traded in the form of American Depositary Receipts on the Pink Sheets (OTC market) in the US (Ticker: PCCWY).

 
Service Provider Sponsors
China Network Communications Corporation (CNC) is a super telecommunications enterprise in China and the fixed telecommunications service partner for the 2008 Olympic Games. CNC's business covers various national and international fixed telecommunications network facilities and related telecommunications services. The company is dedicated to the development of broadband communications, among which services or brand names such as "CNCConnected", "CNCMAX", "Golden Club" and the service access number "10060" have penetrated into almost all households. China Netcom aims to transform itself by implementing strategies of Broadband, Olympics and Internationalization, and endeavors to become a well-balanced comprehensive information service provider with sustainable growth by providing high quality full-line services, a robust network as well as modern corporate governance. www.cnc.cn
 
 
 
Corporate Partners
Huawei Technologies is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and potential growth for its customers.

Huawei's products and solutions cover wireless products, core network products, network products, application and software, as well as terminals. Major products are based on Huawei's self-designed ASIC chips and shared platforms to provide high-quality and cost-effective products and solutions with quick response.

Huawei has around 62,000 employees, and 48% of them are dedicated to R&D. Huawei's global R&D centers are located in Bangalore India, Silicon Valley and Dallas USA, Stockholm Sweden and Moscow Russia in addition to those in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chengdu China. Huawei has set up over 100 branch offices worldwide to provide customers with quick and excellent services.

Huawei's products are deployed in over 100 countries, and serve 31 of the world's top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.huawei.com

 
NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks.

Especially in networking, NEC has the flexibility, technology and strategy to help Network Service Providers realize whatever the goal may be. We have an outstanding record of helping customers use their current network effectively while migrating to high-speed, high-latency, all-IP networks. Our solutions are distinguished by the fact that we not only provide cutting-edge technologies but also offer end-to-end support from network design to operation and maintenance. We offer products and technologies that are modular, scalable solutions which can be added to your current network and for the long-term market needs.

 
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. ZTE's product range covers virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless?terminal, and service markets.

ZTE takes a leading role in a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms standards. It is China's only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. ZTE was included in BusinessWeek's 2006 ranking of China's Top 20 Brands. ZTE was also awarded the "Most Promising Vender of the year" by Frost & Sullivan in its 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards.

ZTE has set up 16 research and development institutes in China, USA, Sweden, India, Pakistan and France etc and ZTE now has about 50000 employees and 8,000 of them are working in about 100 representative offices around the world.

 
Corporate Delegate Sponsor
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
 
Diamond Sponsors
Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world. Read more at www.ericsson.com
 
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. As broadband access solution, Fujitsu promotes Super3G and WiMAX for wireless broadband access solution and FTTH for fixed broadband access solution. Pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that create infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.1 trillion yen (US$43.2 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com/
 
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit www.motorola.com.
 
About Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
 
Oracle Communications offers the only proven, standards-based portfolio of industry-specific applications and technology that enable service providers to achieve a faster time to market for convergent services, maximize revenues, reduce system complexity and deliver a predictable total cost of ownership. We offer packaged software solutions that deliver end-to-end support for the key business processes for communications companies, from service creation, offer management and order orchestration, through provisioning and service delivery, to billing, revenue assurance and reporting.

Only Oracle offers you the widest choice of enterprise and carrier-grade software applications, middleware, database technology, and decision-support tools for the communications indusry with the combined strengths of PeopleSoft, Siebel, Portal Software, Metasolv, TimesTen and more. 20 of the world's top 20 communications companies run Oracle applications.

 
Corporate Guest Sponsor
Huawei Technologies is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and potential growth for its customers.

Huawei's products and solutions cover wireless products, core network products, network products, application and software, as well as terminals. Major products are based on Huawei's self-designed ASIC chips and shared platforms to provide high-quality and cost-effective products and solutions with quick response.

Huawei has around 62,000 employees, and 48% of them are dedicated to R&D. Huawei's global R&D centers are located in Bangalore India, Silicon Valley and Dallas USA, Stockholm Sweden and Moscow Russia in addition to those in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chengdu China. Huawei has set up over 100 branch offices worldwide to provide customers with quick and excellent services.

Huawei's products are deployed in over 100 countries, and serve 31 of the world's top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.huawei.com

 
Gold Sponsor
ECI Telecom is a leading supplier of networking infrastructure and solutions for carriers and service providers worldwide. Founded in 1961, Israel-based ECI has grown from a small technology company to a global leader, consistently delivering customer-focused networking solutions to the world's largest carriers, and is a market leader in many emerging markets.

ECI provides scalable broadband access, transport and data networking infrastructure that provides the foundation for the communications of tomorrow, including next-generation voice, IPTV, mobility and other business solutions.

For more information, please visit www.ecitele.com.

 
The award-winning Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia software platform is driving the future of television by enabling broadband service providers to deliver new connected TV and entertainment experiences to consumers worldwide. Microsoft Mediaroom provides new ways for consumers to experience TV as part of their connected, digital lifestyle while also creating new business opportunities for broadband service providers, hardware manufacturers, content creators, advertisers and application developers. Over 20 of the world's leading service providers across four continents have selected the Microsoft Mediaroom platform to drive their digital TV services. With the new DVR Anywhere feature, and working with leading programmers like Showtime Networks Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System Inc.'s TNT and CNN networks to showcase new connected TV applications, Microsoft is delivering on its promise to make the television experience truly social, personal and connected. More information on Microsoft Mediaroom and the opportunity to deliver the best in TV plus all your media in one place is available at www.microsoft.com/TV and www.microsoftmediaroom.com
 
Hospitality Sponsors
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. [All figures exclude impact of activities to be transferred to Thales]. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: www.alcatel-lucent.com
 
Huawei Technologies is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and potential growth for its customers.

Huawei's products and solutions cover wireless products, core network products, network products, application and software, as well as terminals. Major products are based on Huawei's self-designed ASIC chips and shared platforms to provide high-quality and cost-effective products and solutions with quick response.

Huawei has around 62,000 employees, and 48% of them are dedicated to R&D. Huawei's global R&D centers are located in Bangalore India, Silicon Valley and Dallas USA, Stockholm Sweden and Moscow Russia in addition to those in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chengdu China. Huawei has set up over 100 branch offices worldwide to provide customers with quick and excellent services.

Huawei's products are deployed in over 100 countries, and serve 31 of the world's top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.huawei.com

 
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. ZTE's product range covers virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless?terminal, and service markets.

ZTE takes a leading role in a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms standards. It is China's only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. ZTE was included in BusinessWeek's 2006 ranking of China's Top 20 Brands. ZTE was also awarded the "Most Promising Vender of the year" by Frost & Sullivan in its 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards.

ZTE has set up 16 research and development institutes in China, USA, Sweden, India, Pakistan and France etc and ZTE now has about 50000 employees and 8,000 of them are working in about 100 representative offices around the world.

 
Merchandise Sponsors
Redback
NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks.

Especially in networking, NEC has the flexibility, technology and strategy to help Network Service Providers realize whatever the goal may be. We have an outstanding record of helping customers use their current network effectively while migrating to high-speed, high-latency, all-IP networks. Our solutions are distinguished by the fact that we not only provide cutting-edge technologies but also offer end-to-end support from network design to operation and maintenance. We offer products and technologies that are modular, scalable solutions which can be added to your current network and for the long-term market needs.

 
Oracle Communications offers the only proven, standards-based portfolio of industry-specific applications and technology that enable service providers to achieve a faster time to market for convergent services, maximize revenues, reduce system complexity and deliver a predictable total cost of ownership. We offer packaged software solutions that deliver end-to-end support for the key business processes for communications companies, from service creation, offer management and order orchestration, through provisioning and service delivery, to billing, revenue assurance and reporting.

Only Oracle offers you the widest choice of enterprise and carrier-grade software applications, middleware, database technology, and decision-support tools for the communications indusry with the combined strengths of PeopleSoft, Siebel, Portal Software, Metasolv, TimesTen and more. 20 of the world's top 20 communications companies run Oracle applications.

 
An Ericsson company since January 2007 (NASDAQ: ERIC), Redback Networks Inc. has sold more than 106 million broadband subscriber licenses to 75 percent of the world's largest telephone companies worldwide. Redback's multi-service routing platform delivers next generation broadband services such as VoIP, IPTV, On-Demand Video, and on-line gaming. Redback Networks has more than 500 carrier customers worldwide and is based in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit Redback Networks at www.redback.com.
 
Ericsson
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. ZTE's product range covers virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless?terminal, and service markets.

ZTE takes a leading role in a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms standards. It is China's only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. ZTE was included in BusinessWeek's 2006 ranking of China's Top 20 Brands. ZTE was also awarded the "Most Promising Vender of the year" by Frost & Sullivan in its 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards.

ZTE has set up 16 research and development institutes in China, USA, Sweden, India, Pakistan and France etc and ZTE now has about 50000 employees and 8,000 of them are working in about 100 representative offices around the world.

 
Official Media Sponsor

Telecom Asia provides key decision makers across all sectors of the Asian telecom industry with authoritative and independent news, context, and analysis in a timely manner. It gives readers the latest information on technological, business, and regulatory developments in the Asia-Pacific telecom community. The Telecom Asia Group provides official and supporting media for more than 80 events annually. It is the trusted editorial source for an estimated 119,000 telecommunications and enterprise IT executives across the Asia-Pacific. The Telecom Asia Awards have been the industry's premier event for 11 years. For additional information, visit www.telecomasia.net.
 
Wireless Asia is for technical and business decision makers from the wireless value chain, including ISPs, telcos, the telco distribution chain, and enterprises looking to incorporate wireless into their business plans. It also focuses on manufacturers keen to understand emerging trends as they develop wireless devices, applications, and solutions for the telco and enterprise space. For additional information, visit www.telecomasia.net.
 
Next-Gen TV is a special quarterly supplement from Telecom Asia that examines the business and technological challenges telecom operators, broadcasters, and content providers face in delivering the television-quality-based digital video services via fixed and/or mobile broadband technologies, and how to monetize these new-generation TV services across different platforms — mobile phones, TV sets, and the Web. For additional information, visit www.telecomasia.net/static.php?.
 
Official News Service Sponsors
BusinessWire Business Wire is the leading source for full-text breaking news releases, multimedia and regulatory filings for companies and groups throughout the world. home.businesswire.com
 
Virtual Press Office is the leading online news management company offering innovative services to facilitate the communications process between high-tech firms and the Media. Information is centralized under one roof to ensure that journalists, analysts and industry consultants have the fastest and easiest access to the latest press releases, company backgrounders, white papers and graphics from the world's premier high-tech companies. www.virtualpressoffice.com
 
Official Marketing and PR Partner
ChinaWise Chinawise is your China-focused communication strategist. Our experienced, multi-cultural team helps foreign companies navigate the complex Chinese market. We develop winning communication strategies, execute effective PR and marketing plans, and achieve measurable results. Our deep understanding of Western and Eastern cultures, hands-on experience and privileged networks can help you succeed in China. Visit www.chinawiseusa.com.
 
Official Chinese Newspaper
HK Economic Times
 
Analyst Sponsor
Telecom Strategy Partners is a consulting and market analysis company with operations in Europe and North America. It provides forward-looking qualitative market analysis and consulting services, focused on product and service strategy, management, and marketing, delivered by a team with significant real world experience in both vendors and service operators. For more information, please visit www.telecomstrategypartners.com
 
Media Sponsors
People's Post & Telecom People's Posts and Telecommunications News (PPTN), supervised by the Ministry of Information Industry, is one of the national industrial business newspapers. It is also one of the earliest industrial newspapers established in China and the most valuable publications with the largest circulation. PPTN has more than 50 years of history and experience in running a newspaper. Today, to comply with the requirement of the Ministry of Information Industry, PPTN is making every effort to promote information on the economy and social services. For more information, visit www.cnii.com.cn.
 
Automated Buildings AutomatedBuildings.com is an on line magazine and web resource providing the news, as well as connection to the exciting and rapidly evolving industry that automates large buildings. We have become the industries B2B web site providing connection for all new and existing automated building industry stakeholders. For additional information, visit www.automatedbuildings.com.
 
Cable and Satellite Europe Cable and Satellite Europe's success lies in the fact that it has evolved with a fast-changing market. Now in its 25th year of publication, the magazine remains the top information choice for anyone who needs to stay at the forefront of the business of delivering video, voice and data.

Cable and Satellite Europe is written from a European perspective, exclusively for decision-makers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Above all, Cable and Satellite Europe provides authoritative and independent information and in-depth analysis of every aspect of the broadband and pay-TV industries today. www.informatm.com/cabsateurope.

 
Cable Quest
 
CASADOMO.com CASADOMO.com — www.casadomo.com — is the world's leading Spanish spoken Digital Home Portal and Community. CASADOMO.com publishes daily news and articles. It offers a wide range of services such as library, video-library and a digital home dictionary. CASADOMO.com also includes Guides about products, companies, events, training and real estate projects. CASADOMO.com focuses on areas such as home automation, security, telecom, audio/video, entertainment and informatics related to the digital home. CASADOMO.com sends daily and weekly newsletters to its more than 40.000 active members. For more information, visit: www.casadomo.com.
 
CCID Established in March 2000, CCIDNet is China's foremost authoritative IT portal. As an online service provider for IT application and the IT industry, it adheres to the notion of "specialization creates value". Through new media, it is dedicated to creating an integrated IT information and service platform backed by e-commerce and distance education, based on interactive media. Through five years' development, CCIDNet has become the most influential professional service website in China. As of May 30, 2005, its daily page views averaged 4.75 million, with 1.3 million visitors per day on the average. For more information, visit www.ccidnet.com.
 
China Daily Since its launch in October 1997, China Daily Hong Kong Edition has been read by the HKSAR's most influential political and business decision-makers. They have come to rely on its special style of authoritative sources and objective reporting of the most important developments across China. As one of the two English-language newspapers published in Hong Kong, China Daily Hong Kong Edition is circulated in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
 
China High Tech China Innovation Net (CIN), funded by China High-Tech Industry Herald Co. Ltd, is China's authoritative platform for information on technology and innovation. CIN makes efforts on exploiting information space for technology and innovation, with the consistent policy of China High-Tech Industry Herald Co. Ltd of promoting the research and development on new technology, promoting the evolution and establishment of the industry, promoting the development and maturity of the market, promoting the spread and application of the product, and promoting the transmission and popularization of the technology. For more information visit www.chinahitech.com.
 
China PRnews China PRnews operates a full-text news announcement distribution service to assist Chinese organizations and companies, public and private, in delivering news releases to targeted financial and general media, as well as market makers and the general public. China PRnews aims at providing a state-of-the-art platform of information distribution and PR-related services. Working closely with its media alliance, which includes Sina, Sohu, Netease, Tom, JRJC, Hexun, and other hundreds of domestic on-line media, thousands of domestic traditional media, and world-famous international media organizations such as Reuters, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Factiva, and Chineseworldnet, China PRnews has quickly increased its customer base.
 
China Telecommunications Trade China Telecommunications Trade is a broadly distributed, comprehensive and authoritative monthly magazine run by People's Posts and Telecommunications News under the auspices of the Ministry of Information Industry. The magazine presents an overview of the telecom industry in China, world trends, and state-of-the-art technologies for telecom administrators, business executives, engineers, experts and scholars. China Telecommunications Trade also serves as a bridge between government and enterprises by interpreting laws and regulations with regard to telecommunications, and providing information to "star businesses" in China.
 
Connect-World Connect-World publishes editions for each of the world's major regions: Africa and the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, EMEA, Europe, Global, India, Latin America and North America. Our writers are the people who know the ICT sector best: the leaders of industry, governments, international organisations, legal experts, bankers and their advisors. Over 22,000 copies of each edition of Connect-World is delivered to the desks of the top decision-makers of leading international companies, telecom ministries, regulatory agencies, carriers, service providers, equipment manufacturers, satellite companies and others.
 
Convergence World Written and compiled by an internationally renowned team of writers in the communications, IT and media marketplace, Convergence World informs and updates 10,500 senior executive decision makers by helping them to understand the full implications of the major commercial opportunities that convergence in all its various guises currently presents to their businesses. Convergence World aims to bring the highest quality to the reader through editorial opinion, news analysis, industry roundtables, sector features, reports, case studies, interviews with convergence industry leaders, new products, and viewpoint articles from industry commentators on a bi-monthly basis. www.convergenceworld.net
 
China Information Industry Net(CNII) China Information Industry Net(CNII) is charged by the Ministry of Information Industry, which is established by People's Posts and Telecommunications News Office (PPTNA), an authoritative news agency in China 's info-communications industry. CNII is the only website that owns issuance right granted by the State Council Information Office. Based on PPTNA's six publications, CNII is also backed by PPTNA's journalists who endeavor to collect the latest industrial information at home and abroad. CNII offers timely, full-scale and authoritative information ,information consultation, information technology and product releases for domestic and foreign info-communications industry.
 
Communications Weekly Communications Weekly is one of the leading professional media in the communications industry of China under the guidance of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) of the P.R.C. It is a medium oriented toward the IT industry, including operating, manufacturing, and marketing. Communications Weekly has 100,000 readers, with a pass-along rate of 3.6 percent. The readership mainly consists of professionals and enterprises, covering 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in mainland China, as well as Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. Visit www.ccidcom.com.
 
European Communications Read by corporate telecommunications professionals and senior technical management, European Communications (now approaching its 20th year of publication) is established as the leading journal addressing communications issues essential to the competitive success of network operators, service providers, content providers, carriers, OEMs, solution vendors, developers, and businesses active in the deregulating and rapidly expanding European comms marketplace. Visit www.eurocomms.com to subscribe free of charge to receive print or electronic quarterly issues of European Communications magazine; to register to our monthly e-newsletters, regular keyword alerts, and RSS feeds; and to check out the very latest information — updated daily — on the European telco community.
 
Fibresystems Over the past 10 years FibreSystems Europe has become Europe's no. 1 publication for the optical communications industry. The magazine is being published quarterly and will continue to deliver highly respected, independent editorial coverage and analysis of optical communications technology and applications. The monthly Fibers Alert will keep you up to date with the latest industry news, products, events, and recruitment opportunities by e-mail. You can sign up at fibers.org.
 
Hong Kong commercial Daily
 
International Broadband Network
 
IT Times
 
Nikkei Electronics Asia Nikkei Electronics Asia (NE Asia) is the most well read technical magazine throughout Asia Pacific with an audited circulation of 27,362. NE Asia provides Engineers and Engineering Management with the most up-to-date information on technology and trends, product launches and market development. For more information, please visit www.nikkeibp.com/neasia/
 
Pipeline Pipeline is a publication dedicated to in-depth discussion of OSS, featuring news coverage and perspectives from the industry's top analysts, leading OSS vendors, and our in-house editors. The monthly publication is read in over 130 countries in its web format. Free subscriptions to Pipeline's e-newsletter are available online at www.pipelinepub.com.
 
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satellite Evolution Asia.gif www.SubCableNews.com is a unique Newsletter for the whole industry involved in the submarine cable market, supplying the latest facts and comprehensive information about current and future projects and companies in this industry. Take advantage of the opportunity to be up to date with worldwide submarine cable ventures together with insider information and summarised press releases and publications. www.SubCableNews.com is an online Newsletter, which is published once a month and only accessible via subscription.
 
Telecom India Daily Established in 1987, Technology Exchange Ltd. (TEL) is a Hong Kong-based company with offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. TEL's mission is to promote the exchange of technical and market information between China and other parts of the world. To accomplish this end, the Company publishes International Broadcast Information (IBI), International Pro-Audio & Lighting (IAL), International Broadband Network (IBN), International Instrumentation & Automation (IIA), and International Medical Devices (IMD), keeps China's industry leaders up-to-date with information on the latest technologies, products and industry trends. The Company also publishes worldwide-distributed English language periodicals: China Now: Medical Products and Chinese Journal of Electronics. TEL has a website, www.tech-ex.com that complements the 'International' family of magazines, and serves readers including professional users and manufacturers as a technical information exchange platform for multiple industries both online or offline. For more information visit www.tech-ex.com.
 
Telecom India Daily Telecom India Daily is an online newsletter that delivers fresh telecom and networking updates daily to its subscribers across the globe. The daily service helps these organizations in tailoring new business opportunities in their respective area of operations. We just ask our subscriber for 5 minutes investment with the promise that they will have better understanding of the world in which they live and work. The newsletter service reaches out to top professionals, decision makers, technocrats, engineers and above all the upcoming professionals — students with a regular informative updates of the latest developments taking place in the rapidly changing communication world.

Telecom India Daily covers every inch & corner of one of the world's fastest growing telecom market - India. Today it reaches out to more than 10,000+ telecom & networking professionals across India covering almost all the companies operating in this sector and the number is increasing daily.

Come know more about Indian Telecom mail your subscription request at: info@telecomindiaonline.com

To know more please click the following link: http://telecomindiaonline.com/

 
Telecom.Paper Telecompaper is a well respected, independent research and publishing company focused on the telecommunications industry. Founded in 2000, Telecompaper now employs 15 editors and analysts at its headquarters in Houten, the Netherlands, and also employs correspondents in various countries who track their local telecom markets. Telecompaper provides international customers with newswires, reports, research support, and advisory services.
 
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Telecom World As a leading periodical in China's communications industry, Communication World Weekly (CWW) is under the guidance of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) of the P.R.C. and sponsored by the Post & Telecom Press. Communication World Weekly is based on the development of China's communications industry and published by the CWW Magazine Agency. Over years, CWW has grown into a comprehensive, authoritative and industrial periodical. It has won award "Double-benefit Periodical" issued by China Periodicals Phalanx and "Technological Periodical of Excellence" by the Ministry of Information Industry.
 
Telecommunications Technology China Founded in 1954, Telecommunications Technology Magazine was the first journal in the field of telecommunications in China. It has received numerous awards, including the first prize of the Excellent Periodical of Science and Technology by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) and the Ministry of Information Industry (MII). The magazine is committed to following the trends of telecommunications, providing updated information on new technology and products, and promoting the exchange of experience on network construction, operation, and maintenance.
 
TeleSemana TeleSemana.com is the leading publication covering the telecommunications industry for Latin American service providers. More than 12,000 executives at wireless, fixed, satellite, and cable providers and more than 60 regulatory and government agencies in Latin America receive TeleSemana business-critical information every week.
 
Wireless Business Review
 
On-Line Media Sponsors
QQ.com Founded in Shenzhen in November 1998, Tencent is recognized as the operator of the leading Internet community in China. Tencent's instant messaging service platform, QQ, was formally launched in February 1999. After years of strong business growth, on July 16, 2004, Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK 700) went public on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Striving for super-excellent technology orientation for more than seven years, Tencent keeps steadily developing space in high speed. More than 5.805 hundred million registered accounts and many active users demonstrate our powerful technological capabilities for various IM applications and Internet applications with big loads and traffic.
 
SINA SINA Corporation is a leading on-line media company and value-added information service (VAS) provider for China and for global Chinese communities. With a branded network of localized Web sites targeting greater China and overseas Chinese, SINA provides services through five major business lines, including SINA.com (on-line news and content), SINA Mobile (mobile value-added services), SINA Community (community-based services and games), SINA.net (search and enterprise services), and SINA E-Commerce (on-line shopping). Together these business lines provide an array of services, including region-focused on-line portals, MVAS, search and directory, interest-based and community-building channels, free and premium e-mail, blog services, audio and video streaming, on-line games, classified listings, fee-based services, e-commerce, and enterprise e-solutions.
 
Sohu IT As the most authoritative mainstream media in the information industry of China, Sohu IT channel is an integrated channel for IT channel, digital channel and science channel, with a comprehensive focus on the industry news and product information in the IT fields especially Internet both at home and abroad. Sohu IT focuses on the Internet, IT and communication. With its exclusive reports, community and blog as well as thematic planning, Sohu IT leads the trend in industry reports and has a huge reader base and strong influence, witnessing and creating the new era of Internet together with the industry peers.
 
Associate Sponsors
Broadband Forum The Broadband Forum mission is to develop the full potential of broadband. Focused on home-to-core network and management solutions, our standards empower providers to achieve more with their broadband deployment. Established in 1994 as the ADSL Forum and later as the DSL Forum, the Broadband Forum has seen its work over the past 14 years evolve from addressing physical-layer ADSL transport specifications to advanced transport and management specifications for all forms of broadband. The Broadband Forum's formal BroadbandSuiteTM Release Program and all technical reports are publicly available at www.broadband-forum.org.
 
The Broadband Services Forum is an international industry resource that provides a forum for dialogue and development, along with the tools and information to address the fundamental business and technology issues vital to the growth and health of the broadband industry. The Broadband Services Forum fosters collaboration across the broadband value chain including content, service and technology providers. www.broadbandservicesforum.or
 
1947 saw the foundation of the Engineering Society of Hong Kong. The Society flourished and as a result the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (the HKIE) was incorporated by the government under an ordinance in 1975. The HKIE is now the only professional engineering body in Hong Kong with membership of more than 20,000, of which nearly 10,000 are Corporate Members.
 
FMCA The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA) is a global, non-profit organization focused on providing today's and tomorrow's Convergence customers with high-quality, seamless and easy to use products and services. Representing a global base of over 700 million customers who stand to benefit from the development of Convergence products and services, its objective is to ensure, through collaboration with industry, that devices, access points, applications and underlying networks interoperate to deliver the best user experience possible. For more information please visit: www.thefmca.com
 
Home Gateway Initiative The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) is an open forum launched by Telcos in December 2004 with the aim to release specifications of the home gateway. The HGI specification 1.0 has been published in July 2006, with 2.0 updates and additions in September 2007 and both consolidated in the merged version of the "Residential Profile" specification for the Home Gateway published on January 2008.The HGI is boosting the market of home communication services and driving the development of residential gateways supporting the delivery of multiple-play services. HGI is a non-profit organization of approximately 70 worldwide key players (operators and vendors) in the broadband home domain. For more information visit www.homegatewayinitiative.org
 
HKWDC HKWDC is a flagship project of WTIA, which has transformed the conceptual model into a solid body to accelerate the awareness, development and usage of wireless application technology in Hong Kong. It has acquired financial assistance from HKSAR and sponsorship from quasi - government organizations and wireless industry players. HKWDC provides a full range of wireless connectivity services, facilities, information, testing services and business networks to wireless parties, especially for application developers. This can greatly assist them in growing and developing in an increasingly competitive wireless market. For more information please visit www.hkwdc.org
 
ICA Institute ICA Institute is a non-profit research institute working to foster research and dissemination of knowledge on the rise of China and India and their impact on global markets, global resources and geopolitics of the world. The ICA Institute's mission is to generate new perspectives on the role of market and resource driven economic development. ICA Institute fosters interaction and dialogue between academic scholars, industry leaders and policy makers on the impact of emerging economies in general and China and India in particular. For more information, please visit www.icainstitute.org
 
IET The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is the largest professional engineering society in Europe and the second largest of its type in the world, with 150,000 members worldwide. The Institution serves engineers and technologists working in an increasingly interdisciplinary, global and inclusive profession - providing technical and professional networks, journals, events and qualifications to meet the needs of today's technology industry. www.theiet.org
 
IP/MPLS Forum The IP/MPLS Forum is an international, non-profit association of service providers, equipment vendors, testing centers and enterprise users. The Forum's mission is to drive the global success of IP/MPLS-based technology, networks, and services while focusing on application and deployment solutions. For more information, please visit www.ipmplsforum.org
 
IPTV India Forum IPTV India Forum is a non profit organization set up in 2007 to advocate, enhance and communicate Broadband's true potential for value added services for IPTV and Mobile TV. The Forum works proactively in building an IPTV ecosystem and interacts with industry, policy and regulatory bodies predominantly in India as well as internationally. For more information visit www.iptvforum.org.in
 
IPV6 Forum The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of worldwide leading Internet vendors, Industry Subject Matter Experts, Research & Education Networks, with a clear mission to advocate IPv6 by dramatically improving technology, market, and deployment user and industry awareness of IPv6, creating a quality and secure new Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology, embracing a moral responsibility to the world. www.ipv6forum.com
 
MEF The MEF is the pre-eminent organization dedicated to the worldwide adoption of Carrier Ethernet networks and services. The MEF is a rapidly growing global industry alliance comprising approximately 150 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable MSOs, network equipment/software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations. The MEF develops Carrier Ethernet technical specifications and implementation agreements to promote interoperability and deployment of Carrier Ethernet worldwide. For more information including details of the MEF Certification Program please visit www.MetroEthernetForum.org.
 
Mpeg Forum The MPEG Industry Forum is a not-for-profit organization with the following goal: To further the adoption of MPEG Standards, by establishing them as well accepted and widely used standards among creators of content, developers, manufacturers, providers of services, and end users. www.mpegif.org/mpeg4/
 
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PTC The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) is the leading professional organization promoting the advancement and commercial use of information and communication technologies, services, policies, and knowledge, to benefit its members and the people of the Pacific Hemisphere. www.ptc.org
 
SIP Forum The SIP Forum is an IP communications industry association that engages in numerous activities that advance and promote SIP technology, such as the development of industry recommendations, the SIPit interoperability and testing events, special interoperability workshops, and general promotion of SIP in the industry. For more information, please visit: www.sipforum.org.
 
TEDA Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) was set up in 1984 upon the approval of the State Council. By the end of 2007, TEDA had accumulatively approved 4,485 overseas projects from 74 countries and regions with a total investment of 40.3 billion USD. Electronics and information, TEDA's largest leading industry, has successfully developed product lines such as mobile communications terminal, semiconductor chip, electronic parts and components, home audio and video equipment. TEDA has also launched public R&D platforms for targeted R&D programs which are backed up by abundant human resources from over 200 universities and colleges in Beijing and Tianjin. For more information visit http://en.investteda.org
 
TM Forum The TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum) provides leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the management and operation of information and communications services. Our open membership of more than 500 companies comprises incumbent and new-entrant service providers, computing and network equipment suppliers, software solution suppliers and customers of communications services. TM Forum has been contributing to the Information and Communications Services (ICS) Industry for over 15 years. www.tmforum.org
 
USITO USITO has become the leading policy-centered independent NGO focused on the ICT industry in China since its founding in 1994. USITO represents five major U.S. IT industry associations: the American Electronics Association (AeA); the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA); the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA); the Tech CEO Council (TCC) and the Telecom Industry Association (TIA). USITO also represents 50 individual US-based companies actively engaged in China drawn from across the spectrum from semiconductors, computing, networking and software to telecoms, broadcasting and digital content. For more information, visit www.chinaTzone.com
 
WCA The Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) is the world's premier association for wireless broadband, including but not limited to WiMAX. It hosts two annual conventions of industry leaders-in Washington, DC and Silicon Valley-and is particularly active in government relations on behalf of its 250 members from 6 continents For more information, visit www.wcai.com
 
Wi-Fi Alliance The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global, non-profit industry association of more than 300 member companies devoted to promoting the growth of wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). Since the introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification program in March 2000, more than 4,000 products have been designated as Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services across the consumer and enterprise markets. For more information, please visit www.wi-fi.org
 
WIP WIP makes the path easier for mobile developers, reduces cycle times and increases innovation in the mobile ecosystem, through events like Mobile Jam, Go to Market programs and tools; and partnerships with wireless organizations and Developer Programs around the world. For more information please visit www.wipconnector.com
 
Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA), which was established in 2001, is a non-profit trade association registered in Hong Kong to provide a platform for the wireless-related business to work together to benefit the industry development and growth. WTIA has over 150 company members, including mobile network operators, handset manufacturers, hardware & software vendors, system integrators, application developer, content providers, etc. WTIA has cooperated with government, industry associations and commercial firms to implement many meaningful projects and organize many important events in order to accelerate the industry growth. For more information please visit www.hkwtia.org