FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

U.S. Contacts:
Lisa Reyes
Phone: +1-312-559-3325
E-Mail: lreyes@iec.org

Katie Post
Phone: +1-312-559-3658
E-Mail: kpost@iec.org

CHICAGO– 18 November 2008 – The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) will feature chief technology officers and senior executives from leading service providers and content owners including Cable & Wireless, Pacnet, PCCW Limited, Sony Pictures Television International, Turner International Asia Pacific Ltd. and Viacess. Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation will also participate in the panels today at the GSMA Mobile Congress 2008. The panels take place at 14:00 and 16:00 in the Sicily 2401B room at the Venetian Hotel.

"We're pleased to partner with GSMA Mobile Asia Congress to bring some of the IEC's world-class educational programming to the event," commented IEC President John Janowiak. "The IEC collaborated with some of its top carrier partners to bring a stronger focus on fixed-mobile convergence which will help attendees obtain some of the best next-generation solutions."

Speakers in the first panel, entitled “The Convergence of IPTV and Mobile TV: Prospects, Potential, and Pitfalls,” include Yeow Ooh Sheng, Corporate Director, CTO Office, Huawei Technologies; Paul Berriman, Chief Technology Officer, PCCW Limited; Ken Lo, Vice President, Business Development, Asia, Sony Pictures Television International; Ringo Chan, Vice President, Wireless & Interactive Content Development and Distribution, Asia Pacific, Turner International Asia Pacific Ltd.; and Francois Galy, Vice President – Asia, Viaccess. The session will speak specifically to the integration between in-home IPTV and mobile TV, in terms of program handoff, network infrastructure, integration, interfaces, potential user interest, and solutions that will drive these revenue-generating services forward.

The second session, entitled “The Next Phase of Collaborative Communications – Integration Everywhere,” features Declan Leong, Vice President Network Operations, Cable & Wireless Macau; Wilfred Kwan, Chief Technology Officer, Pacnet; Y.K. Wong, Senior Vice President, R&D, PCCW Limited; and Donglin Shen, Vice President Wireless Technology and Marketing, ZTE Corporation. The topic will encompass the work already under way and the future needs for the successful integration of different silos of communication and collaboration technologies into a single, transparent user experience accessible from familiar telephony devices and workgroup applications.

The panels will each tackle the issues of the convergence of fixed and mobile networks, the implications this convergence has for network operators and future challenges and plans to bring innovative FMC services to the marketplace.

The IEC invites all industry professionals to attend the IEC sessions at GSMA Mobile Asia Congress 2008 by registering at www28.cplan.com/pls/pg_gsma/reg_gsma_entry.LOGIN_415F50. (IEC sessions are open to all attendees. Industry professionals may use code IECMA to receive a 30% discount on their conference pass.) For complete information, visit: www.iec.org/events/2008/iec_mac or contact lreyes@iec.org or +1-312-559-3325.

About the IEC
A nonprofit organization, the IEC is dedicated to catalyzing technology and business progress worldwide in a range of high-technology industries and their university communities. Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality educational opportunities for industry professionals, academics, and students.

In conjunction with industry-leading companies, the IEC has developed an extensive, free, on-line educational program. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and develops publications, conferences, and technological exhibits that address major opportunities and challenges of the information age.

More than 70 leading high-technology universities are IEC affiliates, and the IEC handles the affairs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association and Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society for electrical and computer engineers. Please visit www.iec.org.