2006 China International Information and Communication Exhibition Opens in Shanghai in May

2006 China International Information and Communication Exhibition Opens in Shanghai in May

May 17, 2006

    SHANGHAI, China, May 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- As an
important component of the Shanghai International
Information Fair, the "2006 China International
Information and Communication Exhibition (China
ELECOMM)" will be held in the Shanghai Everbright
Conference and Exhibition Center from May 23 to 26.  Nearly
160 companies from 10 countries and regions will participate
and the exhibition space will cover areas of 12, 000 square
meters.  The six largest Chinese telecom operators will all
be present to upgrade the level and build up the brand of
the exhibition.  The theme of this exhibition will be
"Touchable by Hand, Model Shift and 3G" and
various latest communication equipment and service
technology will be displayed. 

    The size, level and influence of the exhibition will be
all advanced in comparison with previous versions.  Its
sponsors include the Shanghai Information Committee,
Shanghai Communication Administration, China Council for
Promotion of International Trade Shanghai Branch, Shanghai
(World Fair) Group Co. Ltd., Shanghai Cultural,
Broadcasting, Film and TV Group, Shanghai Telecom Co. Ltd.,
CNC Shanghai Branch, Shanghai Mobile Telecom Co. Ltd., China
Unicom Co. Ltd. Shanghai Branch, China SATCOM Shanghai
Branch and China TIETONG Shanghai Branch and the undertaker
is the Shanghai International Exhibition Co. Ltd.  All units
will be responsible for part of the job and cooperate with
one another by their own advantages to make this exhibition
an excellent event by concerted efforts.  Meanwhile it is
also fully supported by the Israeli Electronic and
Information Industry Association, Korean Mobile Industry
Association (KMIA) and other foreign professional
institutions.  

    China ELECOMM 2006 is one of the largest and most
influential exhibitions in China today and attracts a great
number of famous Chinese and foreign companies.  Chinese and
foreign communication companies from countries and regions
such as Germany, South Korea, Israel, Japan, America,
Sweden, China and its Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan Province
will all be present at the exhibition.  Shanghai Alcatel,
Datang Mobile, ZTE, Shanghai Media Group, OCN, South Korean
delegation, Israeli delegation, Global VOIP Alliance,
Rohde-Schwarz Inc., Hitachi, Sumitomo and USA 724 News
Technology will bring the latest technology and exhibits to
the exhibition.  The six big telecom operators, China
Telecom, CNC, China Mobile, China Unicom, China SATCOM and
China TIETONG, will all be present at the event again after
the last exhibition to show their state-of-art technology
and latest products.
 
    In comparison with the previous versions, this
exhibition has five spotlights:

    Spotlight 1: 3G technology: TD-SCDMA developed by
Datang Mobile and solutions and terminals provided by
Shanghai Alcatel and ZTE will highlight the achievements
made in the 3G industry and ZTE will show on the spot the
3G experience vehicle that has traveled for thousands of
kilometers around the world to enable spectators to
experience 3G personally.  

    Spotlight 2: Digital household industry: The digital
household industry is a new component introduced at this
year's exhibition and its content includes: IPTV, digital
recreation, mobile video and audio, digital household
electric appliances and mobile TV, which show its
immeasurable potential for development.  Enterprises at
upper and lower links of the digital household industry
chain will appear together, ranging from ICP (as the
Shanghai Media Group), network operators (as OCN),
operators (as Telecom Mobile) to equipment suppliers (as
ZTE).  Meanwhile, the "Shanghai International
High-Level Forum on Digital Household" will be
convened to help push forward the healthy development of
the digital household industry in China. 

    Spotlight 3: VOIP technology: There will be a
"VOIP" application area at the exhibition and
scores of Chinese and foreign VOIP enterprises will
assemble there to provide complete soft voice-switch system
solutions. 

    Spotlight 4: High-quality spectators: High-level
exhibits will attract swarms of spectators.  Special
purchasing groups in the Yangtze River Area and South Asian
purchasing groups led by the Israeli one will come to the
event one after another.  The exhibition will be open
exclusively for leaders of various commissions, offices and
bureaus of Shanghai on an occasion and participants in the
28th Software Engineering Conference that is reputed as the
"Olympics of the software industry" will also come
to it on the occasion. 

    Spotlight 5: Relevant auxiliary activities: During the
exhibition, the sponsors will also hold almost ten relevant
meetings and forums in the International Hotel at the
Shanghai Everbright Conference and Exhibition Center, such
as the "High-Level Forum on Development of
Communication Industry and Regional Economies", the
"Report Conference on Communication Industry" and
the Seminar on VOIP. 

    About Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
(SIEC) 

    Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is
jointly invested by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd.
and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
Shanghai.  The SIEC was founded on July 1st, 1984 with the
approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic
Cooperation and the People's Government of Shanghai
Municipality. 

    The SIEC is a full member of Union des Foires
Internationales (UFI).  The SIEC has held 500 international
exhibitions of various themes and sizes.  It also has
successfully held a number of solo exhibitions at national
level. 

    "AUTO SHANGHAI," "SHANGHAITEX,"
"CHINA CYCLE," "FASHION SHANGHAI,"
"ELE/PT COMM CHINA" are among the first eight
exhibitions approved excellent by THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
OF SHANGHAI CONVENTIONAL & EXHIBITION INDUSTRIES.

    For more information, please contact:

     Fei Jayi,
     Show Director
     Tel:     [phone]
     Fax:     [phone]
     Email:   [e-mail]
     Website: http://www.siec-ccpit.com

SOURCE  Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC)