Singapore (August 29, 2008) /China Newswire/ — Asia Pacific telecom industry members gathered yesterday at the Frost & Sullivan Next Generation Telecom Summit 2008, which was held at the Raffles City Convention Centre. The annual summit hosted close to 300 delegates from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia and the Philippines.

This exclusive Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange summit mapped the broadband landscape in the region and evaluated the best practices in the region and highlighted the critical challenges and issues that operators face in light of this transformation.

Mr. Manoj Menon, Asia Pacific Managing Director and Partner at Frost & Sullivan opened the summit by giving a 360-degree view of the telecom sector.  While, Mr. Lee Soohyeok, Senior Vice President of SK Telecom elaborated on how converged services can drive the next generation telecom sector in his keynote address.

The summit evaluated the current state next generation telecom in the Asia Pacific market and the role that this region - a home to the highest internet user base - can play in shaping the future of network infrastructure. Specific sessions to highlight issues faced by individual markets paced at different stages of maturity were a part of the two day summit alongside the complete market overview.

Jayesh Easwaramony, Director, ICT Consulting, Frost & Sullivan says, "Convergence is placing increasing stress on operators to enrich customer experience and incorporate a wide diversity of services to attract new consumers while retaining existing customers. Complex services like network connectivity with other content-based components are now a norm rather than an exception.

"Through Next Generation Telecom Summit we hope to bring forth the various challenges faced and solutions adopted from which key insights can be drawn. With a good mix of vendor and operator side speakers, we aim to make the summit very interactive," Jayesh adds

Customer experience is gaining popularity in the light of increasing competition. Leveraging on the new-age tools such as social networking sites and mobile internet for enhanced customer experience was discussed at the summit.  Concurrent sessions were held on interesting topics like Mobile TV, converged services and distributing content over digital platforms. Futuristic topics like real-time charging for next generation services, 4G and Long Term Evolution (LTE) were discussed in context to the service providers.

The line-up of speakers included senior executives from SK Telecom, Nokia Siemens Networks, BT, Cable & Wireless, Pacnet, TIME Broadband, BT Teleconsult, NTT, Soundbuzz and CNBC Asia.  Delegates for the summit comprised of telco heads, CIOs and other IT representatives from the government and private sectors.

The summit is sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks and BT. Telecom Asia, Wireless Asia, Business Today, China Tech News, Global Telecom Directory and ZDNet Asia are the official media partners.

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• MEDIA CONTACTS:
  Surbhi Dedhia
  Corporate Communications – Asia Pacific
  P: +65.6890.0926
  E: sdedhia@frost.com

  Neethiya Sadagopal
  Corporate Communications – Asia Pacific
  P: +65.6890.0966
  E: neethiya.sadagopal@frost.com
  

Bangkok, Thailand (August 20, 2008) /China Newswire/ — With the unique mix of 2G, 3G, TD-SCDMA and WiMAX technologies prevalant in the Asia Pacific Region, it is hardly surprising that Femtocells (tiny cellular home basestations) of all flavours are being actively trialed and in some cases deployed ahead of the rest of the world.

The Avren Events packed Femtocells Asia conference programme features many of the leading Operators from APAC, together with their counterparts from Europe and America in addition to industry analysts, major OEMS, content and service providers and equipment vendors. [The recent Avren Events Femtocells Europe 2008 conference in June attracted over 250 delegates]

"Asia, with its undisputed lead and innovation in multimedia services for mobile phones, and in some cases very dense urban concentration, is going to test the Femtocell or 'Home Zone' concept to the limit," comments Andrew Bateman, CEO of Avren Events. Issues of capacity, interference mitigation, zero touch set up, interoperability, security, reliability and QOS are all uppermost in operators minds as they firm up their plans for widespread femtocell deployment in the region. "This conference will be the largest single event to date in this region bringing together all of the key players in the sector. By co-locating the event with the Femto Forum standards meeting, delegates from all over the globe will be present to discuss the business case, crucial standards progress, new service and ARPU opportunities as well as the latest technical solutions and product offerings."

The accompanying exhibition will feature the current Femtocell home basestation products on the market today, together with the component suppliers and test equipment manufacturers.

The conference is to be held in the luxury 5 star Bangkok Shangri-La hotel situated on the Chao Phraya river.

INTERNET LINKS

http://www.avrenevents.com/femtocellsasia2008

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Carole Mayhew – Marketing Director, Avren Events.
  Email: carole@avrenevents.com
  Tel: +44 1761 492547
  

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Singapore (August 20, 2008) /China Newswire/ — Driven by convergence in networks, devices and media, telecom services are entering the next generation driven by greater network flexibility to rollout new services and provide an enriched user experience. A common business trend for the established telecom providers is to embark on a next-generation network (NGN) transformation with a completely new architecture to enable the delivery of enhanced applications and new services such as IPTV, interactivity and fixed-mobile convergence. The key driver of NGN rollouts is also to gain cost savings by moving to an IP-centric architecture and removal of various stove-pipe systems.

Asia Pacific which is home to the largest internet user base today is at an interesting stage with various countries at different states of maturity in terms of the broadband infrastructure. At one end are the mature markets like Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and Singapore which have high broadband and mobile penetration where the focus is on enabling convergent and ubiquitous services. These markets have already embarked on a NGN transformation.

Then there are transition markets like Malaysia where the government is playing a leading role in creating a nationwide broadband network and even mobile operators are aggressively pushing wireless broadband. The emerging markets face challenges due to limited fixed line infrastructure and low average revenue per user (ARPUs) to justify a complete NGN rollout but lot of operators are already thinking in that direction especially in certain key cities.

Jayesh Easwaramony, Director, ICT Consulting, Frost & Sullivan says, "Although a NGN rollout for cost savings and service agility is the step in the right direction for all incumbent and integrated telcos, there are still multiple issues that telcos face like the business case for new services, the right architecture from a rollout perspective and the transition time for migration into a full-fledged NGN infrastructure.

"Thus there is no size fits all when it comes to transformation initiatives and each operator has to define his vision of his next generation and accordingly shape his business and network strategy," adds Mr. Easwaramony

Frost & Sullivan's exclusive Executive MindXchange summit on Next Generation Telecom will map the broadband landscape in the region and evaluate the best practices in the region and drill down to the key pain points and issues that operators face in this transformation. The two day summit will be held at the Raffles City Convention Center from 28 – 29 August 2008.

Designed to be highly interactive, the summit will feature end-user case studies, panel discussions as well as opportunities for networking and sharing best practices. Speakers include key level executives from SK Telecom, Nokia Siemens Networks, BT, Cable & Wireless, Pacnet, TIME Broadband, BT Teleconsult, NTT, Soundbuzz, while attending delegates comprise CIOs and other IT heads from the government and private sectors.

Nokia Siemens Networks and BT are the sponsors for the summit and Telecom Asia, Wireless Asia, Business Today, China Tech News, Global Telecom Directory and ZDNet Asia are the official media partners.

For more information/registration details, please visit www.frost-ngt.com. Media passes are available to the press. To register for the summit, you may also send an email to Neethiya Sadagopal, Corporate Communications at neethiya.sadagopal@frost.com with your full name, media/company name, title, telephone number, fax number and email.

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Surbhi Dedhia
  Corporate Communications – Asia Pacific
  P: +65.6890.0926
  E: sdedhia@frost.com

  Neethiya Sadagopal
  Corporate Communications – Asia Pacific
  P: +65.6890.0966
  E: neethiya.sadagopal@frost.com

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 11, 2008) /China Newswire/ — Telcos today are facing margin pressures through more intense competition. ARPU erosion, customers churn and cost issues. Telcos are facing a new type of competitive threat from Internet players, such as Skype and Google, offering "over the top" services such as "free" Voice over IP. UNI Strategic is proudly to organize a workshop on Content and Applications in a VAS Era, which will be held on The Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 13th-14th October 2008.

In this environment, Telcos are at risk from becoming "dumb pipes", selling commodity flat-rate voice and bandwidth services and competing on price alone. To counter this threat, Telcos need to evolve their business model towards something that is evolutionary radical while maximizing their ROI investments.

While designing new business models, The Content & Applications in a VAS Era master class will discuss on how Telcos can leverage their network capabilities, such as mobility, messaging, location, presence, profile and call control, and combine these with internet-style services such as social networking, search, advertising, direct marketing and mapping, thereby enabling richer, more compelling and more personalized services that the internet players can offer. Furthermore, by exposing these capabilities in a secure, controlled and automated manger, Telecos can generate revenue from selling service enablers, as well as their own services, allowing them to fully exploit their network assets.

The course facilitator has been enriched from senior management positions in Marketing, Operations and Training and Strategic Communication Technologies. He has extensive experience in international Pharmaceutical and Cellular industries including Motorola Inc and Abbott Labs. He is a visiting lecturer at Wits and UCT Business School as well as the University of San Diego for Total Quality Management and Business Process Reengineering. He is a member of the Chartered institute of Marketing and the American Society for Quality. He is considered one of the leading authorities on Lean Six Sigma techniques. He is a speaker at various mobile telecommunications conference on wireless, broadband and telecommunications technologies and their impact on enterprises, operators and public sector.

INTERNET LINKS

http://www.unistrategic.com

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Tan Pei Di (Ms.)
  Marketing Executive
  UNI Strategic Pte Ltd
  20 Science Park Road, #01-26/30, Teletech Park,
  Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117674
  DID: +65 6825 9636 Fax: +65 6776 2120
  Email: peidi.t@unistrategic.com

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Shanghai, china (July 29, 2008) /China Newswire/ — Under the supervision of Shanghai Information Services Association, "Asia Connected Family 2008″ will be held between 1st and 2nd of December 2008 in Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel, China. It is organized by Global Leaders Institute.

Having experienced a downtown of Digital Family which was first impelled in cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, nowadays, China is dramatically becoming the largest market on Digital Family business. It's estimated that by 2010, China's Digital Family market will have reached CHY 80 Billions. While enjoying a high speed development period, it also presents various problems, for instance: What makes an effective business model for China's Digital Family industry? How Telecom operators carry out value-added business under Digital Family Era? How much broadband technology can accelerate 3 network's convergence?

Asia Connected Family 2008 will invite government officials, industry leaders and experts to share their perceptions and expertise in order to cope with those problems and gain sustainable development of enterprises within the industry as well as the industry itself.

For further information about Asia Connected Family 2008, please visit: www.asiaconnectedfamily.com. For the full agenda, to register for the summit, or to inquire about the sponsorship & exhibition opportunities available, please feel free to contact us.

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Singapore (July 28, 2008) /China Newswire/ — Responding to the increasing industry demand for latest media trends and entertainment initiatives, UNI strategic presents Asia Digital Media & Entertainment Forum 2008 to be held in Regal Kowloon Hotel, Hong Kong on 11th & 12th September 2008; a regional conference focusing on current market trends and latest imperatives in modern Asia.

"The Digital Media and Entertainment (DME) industry is at the brink of a revolution as a result of infocomm technologies. This is transforming the production, processing and distribution of content and services. In the process, it is opening up an era of new interactive and immersive possibilities, experiences and business opportunities that will radically change the world by 2015." –- Infocomm Development Authority (iDA) Singapore

The Asia Digital Media & Entertainment Forum 2008 is a 2-day executive level and networking conference focused on discussing, analyzing and identifying critical areas of business and market trends in the entertainment industries in Asia. It aims to bring some of the Asia's most recognized, high-profile film/TV production and distribution houses, online games companies, mobile service providers, product manufacturers, legislative leaders, content providers and more to discuss and analyze how to most effectively generate and maximize profits in Asia.

Ascertain mobile TV & entertainment as Asia's next frontier and adopt new VoIP strategies within new media platforms. Ways to capitalize on IPTV and the possibilities it brings to the audience and hear about satellite markets and its business opportunities. Understand the exceptional role of digital technology in ‘Asian Markets'. Identify and prioritize on D2C opportunity and be taught on how to take Asian contents to global market. Learn about Wimax, Wireless Broadband and its benefits. Define most effective business models and latest trends and establish cutting edge marketing strategies that work. LISTEN to the evolution of entertainment convergence & IMS.

Asia Digital Media and Entertainment Forum 2008 is proudly endorsed by Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association and Hong Kong Wireless Development Centre and media partnerships with TVover.net, ZDNet Asia, Telecom Live, Telecom India Daily, TelecomWatch, ChinaTechNews.com, ChinaNewswire.com, MobileIN.com, CIOL and Asian E-Marketing

INTERNET LINKS

http://www.unistrategic.com/index.php/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,4/did,89/func,details/

About UNI Strategic
UNI Strategic is a vibrant and dynamic company with a passion for delivering exceptional business intelligence solutions through our Conferences, Summits and Training. Our clients are the Top-Level Management of Fortune 500 and MNC's companies around the globe. Established in early 2002, UNI Strategic Pte Ltd is the key provider of bespoke corporate and training events. We remain a leader in providing quality business to business information platforms to provide companies with the critical edge in corporate strategy today. We identify and develop key market segments across all industries and make headway into new and proven frontiers, bringing you the very best and latest in all our programs.

At UNI events, we listen to our executive clientele. The result is an open concept training platform developed in response to our client's needs with lots of interaction between audience and speaker alike.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Joyce Ho
  Marketing Executive
  Tel: (+65) 6825 9674
  Email: joyce.h@unistrategic.com with subject code "BDL-AD"

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Shanghai, China (June 19, 2008) /China Newswire/ — China has a new online dating site. www.yuanlaishini88.com is uniquely bi-lingual and targets the busy over 25 working professional who has limited time to meet new people.

The bi-lingual Yuanlaishini88 (English and Chinese) breaks down communication barriers and provides a unique online dating service that brings Chinese and Foreigner professionals together in a safe and sophisticated environment.

The owner of Yuanlaishini88, China's newest and exclusive dating site had a vision; to provide a unique environment where busy Chinese and Foreign professionals can meet new people online anytime and from anywhere. 'China is in the midst of an economic boom, and is fast becoming the World's most powerful economy,' said Eve La Rosa, founder and CEO of Yuanlaishini88. 'Chinese and Foreign workers alike are finding they have less and less time available for dating and meeting new people. Yuanlaishini88 provides an anonymous and secure environment for these busy people to meet,' Ms La Rosa concluded.

According to the 2006 China Online Social Networking Research Report released by iResearch, China's online social-networking market reached RMB175 million in 2006, up 169.2% from the year before. At the same time, it is expected that the market will reach RMB1.2 billion by 2010, with a compound annual growth rate of 84.7%. With the rapid development and maturity of Internet users, the market size of online friends-making will continue to grow and is estimated to reach 991 million RMB in 2008 (USD $127 million).

Why Is www.yuanlaishini88.com Different?
Not only is Yuanlaishini88 bi-lingual and focuses on the over 25 professional worker, but in creating a sophisticated environment, Yuanlaishini88.com decided not to allow advertising or sponsorships. 'Many internet users find flashy advertising distracting and annoying,' Ms. La Rosa said, 'we don't have advertising or sponsorships so our site is clean, sophisticated, and easy to navigate. To encourage growth we are offering free 1 year VIP memberships to the first 20,000 members.'

'Customer retention is an on-going challenge facing all internet dating sites. We plan to continually add innovated services and exciting programs over the year to meet this challenge.'

Safety
Safety is a major concern for all users of online dating sites. Each www.yuanlaishini88.com member uses an anonymous Profile Avatar that protects their identity until they are ready to reveal their true identity. 'Protecting our member's safety and anonymity is paramount', Ms. La Rosa commented. 'To achieve the highest level of security, Yuanlaishini88's programmers built a proprietary multi-level security system to protect member's personal information. In addition, all photographs are reviewed and must be approved by the administrators before they are uploaded to ensure appropriateness,' Ms. La Rosa concluded.

INTERNET LINKS

http://www.yuanlaishini88.com

Company Background
www.yuanlaishini88.com is owned by Yuanlan Business Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd., a WFOE. Yuanlan Business Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd. is based in Shanghai and is owned and operated by its CEO and Director Eve La Rosa.

Eve La Rosa wanted to create a fun, and feature-rich website that targets a small but exclusive market of the over 25 professional Chinese and Foreign worker who have little time to meet new people, date and who are seeking a life partner. 'In a world where dating websites are commonplace, and cater to the mass market, this new bi-lingual dating website caters to a niche-market and provides them with services that increase their chances of finding Mr. or Miss Right,' she said.

www.yuanlaishini88.com is the first of 5 sites planned for release this year. 'Each site will be dedicated to small underrepresented niche markets,' Ms. La Rosa commented.

Eve La Rosa has lived in Asia for over 34 years, and has worked in China on and off for over 21 years. Ms. La Rosa has primarily worked in marketing, public relations, and the communications industry. Ms. La Rosa's main experience lies in the areas of strategic marketing plans, public relations and media relations strategy development, event planning and management, change management, business development, direct marketing and market research and analysis.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Eve La Rosa
  Founder and CEO, Yuanlan Business Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd.
  Building 3, Suite 919, 1486 Nanjing Lu, Shanghai
  Tel: (21) 63841523
  Mobile: 138186474
  Email: evelarosa@yuanlaishini88.com

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Shanghai, China (May 9, 2008) /China Newswire/ — ChinaTechNews.com today announced an agreement with CNET Networks Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of CNET Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ; CNET) which currently operates CNET Asia, ZDNet Asia and CNET Direct, to deliver daily China-related technology news to ZDNet Asia. ChinaTechNews.com's English-language news is currently deployed and already available on ZDNet Asia.

ZDNet Asia is a comprehensive online resource for enterprise and SMB technology decision-makers in Asia, featuring 400 fresh pieces of original content per month from its Asia and global editorial teams, including tech news and insight with regional perspectives, and over 60,000 whitepapers, case studies and webcasts in its IT library. Business professionals in charge of technology rely on ZDNet Asia to deliver deep insight into IT planning, vendor consideration, and product selection.

ZDNet Asia reaches IT professionals and business influencers throughout South East Asia and Hong Kong. It also helps audience stay abreast of the latest technology developments, and provides marketers access to an engaged audience and opportunities to "interact" with them through effective online strategies and campaigns.

Operating online since 1999, ChinaTechNews.com distinguishes itself from other technology information providers through the diversity and accuracy of its IT and industry news briefs; contextual and background information; and expert commentary, all of which is processed on a daily basis. It has a registered subscriber database of over 30,000 readers — more than double any other similar technology publisher in Greater China — and over 150,000 hits each day. ChinaTechNews.com is the top destination for business executives, technology investors, and netizens who crave daily news about China's booming technology sector. ChinaTechNews.com currently has syndication agreements with many other information providers, including Dow Jones, China.com, iResearch, and the Internet Society of China.

ChinaTechNews.com is owned and financed by BDL Media, a Hong Kong-based multimedia direct marketing company owning dozens of online and offline direct marketing database assets.

"BDL Media is happy to partner ZDNet Asia, the leading online technology media house in Asia, to provide daily syndicated full-text news," said Danny Levinson, CEO of BDL Media and publisher of ChinaTechNews.com. "ChinaTechNews.com is the only independent English-language daily technology news source solely covering China, and we are confident of providing strong China-focused technology business news for ZDNet Asia's audience. This deal also extends ChinaTechNews.com's brand equity and will help grow BDL Media's marketing database. In our view, it is a perfect fit to work with ZDNet Asia because this deal highlights both companies' strengths."

In addition, ChinaTechNews.com will set aside a special section called "Asia Tech" on its own site to showcase technology news from outside of Asia that is provided by ZDNet Asia. This will broaden ChinaTechNews.com's ability to supplement its own China-focused research and news with ZDNet Asia's high quality news covering the rest of Asia.

ABOUT BDL Media
BDL Media (www.bdlmedia.com) is a leading China-based direct marketing company providing media, advertising, and technology services to companies who want to communicate with their stakeholders in China. The company's properties include over 30 different targeted Internet website platforms, service-oriented marketing services, and a large array of different databases, lists, and websites of consumers and businesses in and around China.

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Hong Kong, China (May 5, 2008) /China Newswire/ — Beacon is delighted to announce that Dr Le Doan Hop, Minister of MIC will open the Vietnam International Telecommunications Summit. His opening address will be followed by a keynote speech from Mr Pham Hong Hai, Head of Department of Telecommunications of MIC, who will detail MIC's vision for Vietnam's Telecoms Infrastructure Development Plan for the next 5-10 years.

Vietnam International Telecommunications Summit is taking place on the 11 - 13 June in Melia Hotel, Hanoi. Endorsed by Ministry of Information & Communications (MIC), and co-organized by Beacon Events and the National Institute for Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS), a member of the MIC, with assistance from the Information and Public Relations Center (IPC), it will provide an unrivalled platform for the exchange of ideas and opinions regarding the latest applications, business models, commercial strategies and technologies suitable for Vietnam.

Vietnam International Telecommunications Summit features 2 days of comprehensive program PLUS 3 pre-conference workshops. Participants will be hearing not only from the MIC but local and international operators and leading telecoms players in the summit, including:

•VNPT: Bui Thien Minh, Vice Director General
•Viettel: Le Dang Dung, General Deputy Director
•Vodafone: Prof Dr. Michael Walker, Group R&D Director
•Orange - France Telecom Group: Marc Fossier, Group CTO
•Chunghwa Telecom: Ho-Chen Tan, Chairman
•Bakrie Telecom: Anindya Bakrie, President Director
•KTF: Dr. Jong-Seog Koh, Executive VP and Head of R&D Group

The rest of the 2-day summit will see the following operators and industry experts:
Celcom ■ China Netcom ■ China Institute of Communications ■ Comvik ■ EVN Telecom ■ Freshfields ■ Globe Telecom■ McKinsey & Co. ■ Ministry of Information Industry (China) ■ MobiFone ■ PCCW ■ Redback Networks ■ RJB Consultants ■ SK Telecom ■ Telstra ■ VDC ■ VimpelCom ■ VTC

Vietnam International Telecommunications Summit is proudly supported by major local operators: VNPT, Viettel, EVN Telecom, Saigon Postel, Hanoi Telecom, VTC, FPT Telecom, and sponsored by Redback, Mobifone, ATDI, Beeline, ECI Telecom, SPT. It also supported by local and international associations and media, including CDMA Development Group (CDG), The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), UMTS Forum, global telecom directory, Telecom Asia, Wireless Asia, Developing Telecoms, China Newswire, China Tech News, MobileIN.com, Telecoms Insight, TeleResources and Telecom & IT.

For the latest programme update and speaker details, please visit www.Vietnam-Telecoms.com

About Beacon Events
Beacon is an international business services company focused on conferences,
exhibitions and management training. Spun off from the Institute for International
Research's (IIR) Asia team, Beacon has an expanding portfolio of large-scale annual
events. Beacon's approach to business is to cooperate and evolve with our customers to produce the leading annual events in the many business areas we cover. We are known for our highly focused must-attend events and we work with our partners - whether they be industry associations, government organizations, advisory boards or our customers - to become a part of whatever industry we work in. For more info, see www.BeaconEvents.com

About National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy
National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS) is a member unit of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam (MIC). The main responsibilities of NIICS include conducting research, forecast and assessment of impacts on the following areas:
•socio-economic issues;
•science;
•technology;
•organization and
•management in posts, telecommunications, information technology, electronics, Internet, transmission, radio frequency, national information infrastructure.

In addition, NIICS plays a vital role in the recommendations required to assist the Minister implement a sound vision and strategy for MIC's short-term and long-term plans, policies, models and solutions to develop and support Vietnam's infrastructure to deliver world class postal and telecommunications services. NIICS regularly co-operates with local and international organizations to host numerous conferences and seminars to create more learning and networking opportunities for all professionals involved in the industries it supports.

For press inquiries, please contact Ben Shek, Marketing Manager of Beacon Events on bshek@BeaconEvents.com.

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Singapore (April 23, 2008) /China Newswire/ — UNI strategic Global Green IT Conference 2008 will be held in Amara Hotel, Singapore from 23rd June to 24th June 2008. Responding to the increasing industry demand for Green IT initiatives, UNI Strategic presents Global Green IT Conference 2008 – Energy Efficiency through Greening; a regional conference focusing on the utilization of resources through greening of information technology.

It is becoming widely understood that the way in which we are behaving as a society is environmentally unsustainable, causing irreparable damage to our plant. Rising energy prices, together with government-imposed levies on carbon production, are increasingly impacting on the cost of doing business, making many current business practices economically unsustainable.

It has also becoming progressively more important for all businesses to act (and to be seen to act) in an environmentally responsible manner, both to fulfill their legal and moral obligations, but also to enhance the brand and to improve corporate image. Companies are competing in an increasingly 'green' market and must avoid the real and growing financial penalties that are increasingly being levied against carbon production.

"Green IT tops Gartner's list of the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2008″ – Gartner Research, 12 Oct 2007

Green IT can address the burning issue of rising energy cost and increasing environmental damage cost by companies, these issues are of major concern in most companies now. They will continue to drive significant increase in the cost of living and will continue to drive up the cost of doing business. Reducing energy consumption will become an environmental imperative, as well as an economic necessity.

This regional conference will bring you to a higher level of understanding on the evolution of Green IT and the significance it plays within your organization. Learn how to build business case for Green IT in this conference and the methods on measuring the ROI of implementing Green IT. Identify and prioritize your organizational greening goals for the corporation, determining the rationale behind technology solutions and/or policies.

Ascertain on building a Green Data Center for significant cost savings and comprehend the challenges of Green System procurement. Gain knowledge on the benefits of how thin client solutions can create a green environment and establish efficient use of virtualization – The new generation of PC optimization. Define green IT strategies as environmental assets for the organization and learn about the proper optimization of electronic waste (E-waste).

An opportunity not to be missed so hurry up to sign up for this conference.

Global Green IT Conference 2008 is proudly endorsed by Internationally Society of Sustainability Professionals and media partnerships with ChinaCSR.com, ChinaTechNews.com, ChinaNewswire.com, ZDNet Asia, Connect-World, Telecom India Daily, TelecomWatch, Asian Channels and Telecom Live.

INTERNET LINKS

http://www.unistrategic.com/index.php/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,4/did,22/func,details/

About UNI Strategic
UNI Strategic is a vibrant and dynamic company with a passion for delivering exceptional business intelligence solutions through our Conferences, Summits and Training. Our clients are the Top-Level Management of Fortune 500 and MNC's companies around the globe. Established in early 2002, UNI Strategic Pte Ltd is the key provider of bespoke corporate and training events. We remain a leader in providing quality business to business information platforms to provide companies with the critical edge in corporate strategy today. We identify and develop key market segments across all industries and make headway into new and proven frontiers, bringing you the very best and latest in all our programs.

At UNI events, we listen to our executive clientele. The result is an open concept training platform developed in response to our client's needs with lots of interaction between audience and speaker alike.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Joyce Ho
  Marketing Executive
  Tel: (+65) 6825 9674
  Email: joyce.h@unistrategic.com with subject code "BDL-GGIC"

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