First Telecom Industry Conference Focused on 'Green' Issues Facing Network

  Operators: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Resources, and Greenhouse

                               Gas Management



    NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /EMWNews/ -- TechWeb's Light Reading, the

world's leading online publication for the telecom industry, announced

today it is launching an industry conference focused on timely "green"

issues facing telecom network operators and their equipment suppliers.

Green Telecom: Solutions for Energy-Efficient Communications Infrastructure

is scheduled to take place October 27, 2008, at the Westin Park Central

Hotel in Dallas.



    Network operators and equipment manufacturers alike are in the

spotlight for designing and utilizing equipment - broadband, video,

data-center, network, and even customer premises equipment - that uses

reduced power consumption and heat dissipation.



    Green Telecom features thought leaders from the telecom community with

knowledge and experience in solving energy-related challenges for network

operators. Confirmed speakers include Stanley Hubbard, Senior Analyst for

Heavy Reading; Keith Hayes, Vice President of Network Operations, Charter

Cable; Jake MacLeod, Chief Technology Officer, Bechtel Telecom; Kathy

Loshbaugh, Vice President Network Engineering, Sprint; and more.



    "This is the first stand-alone industry conference focused on what the

communications industry can expect in three-, five-, or ten-year time

horizons, with regard to next-generation communications network topology,

components, energy management, and more," said Conference Chair Timothy

Downs. "We expect an audience of network operators and suppliers to learn

more about evolving environmental and regulatory climate, and the likely

impacts to telecom network owners."



    Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information

email [email protected].

    About Light Reading



    Founded in 2000, Light Reading (http://www.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. It reaches an extensive audience of executives and

technologists within the telecom and enterprise networking communities, as

well as the financial/industry analysts and investors who track these

sectors. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005

and operates as a member of its TechWeb division.



    About TechWeb



    TechWeb (http://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 Magazine, MSDN

Magazine, and Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides

end-to-end services including 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








     Contact:

     Amy Averbook

     Director of Corporate Marketing

     Light Reading

     212 925-0020 x112

     [email protected]