Industry's Leading Carrier Ethernet Event, Ethernet Expo Americas 2009 Next Week in New York

Industry's Leading Carrier Ethernet Event, Ethernet Expo Americas 2009 Next
Week in New York
22 service providers, 22 Carrier Ethernet network solutions suppliers,
industry analysts, and more all speaking at Ethernet Expo Americas 2009

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ethernet Expo Americas 2009, hosted by Light
Reading (www.lightreading.com), the leading online publication for the telecom
industry, and Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com), its prestigious market
research division, has quickly emerged as the industry's leading Carrier
Ethernet event in terms of speaker line up and attendee quality and quantity.

"The key movers and shakers in the Carrier Ethernet world will be gathering in
New York City during November 3 and 4 to discuss the latest services and
technology trends, said Stan Hubbard, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst and
Ethernet Expo Chairman. "This year's event represents a unique, unprecedented
opportunity for enterprise CIOs and other communications network professionals
to engage with operators regarding next-generation Ethernet business
connectivity services and applications tailored to meet the needs of different
industry verticals. It also is a great chance for communications service
providers to explore the industry's most advanced solutions for building
high-performance networks based on Carrier Ethernet, MPLS, and packet optical
technologies."

Keynote speakers include:
-- Russell Shriver, VP Product Management, IP & Data Services, Level 3
Communications
-- Kevin Daines, Chief Technologist, Ciena
-- Michael Joseph Volgende, Director of Ethernet Services, Verizon
-- Margaret Chiosi, Executive Director, Optics & Ethernet Service
Development, AT&T Labs
-- Wendell Kadunce, Vice President, Americas, Reliance Globalcom

-- Nan Chen, MEF President

Other speakers from leading carriers, network solutions suppliers, and
industry analysts include: Ciena, Anda Networks, AboveNet Communications,
Accedian Networks, ADVA Optical Networking, Alcatel-Lucent, Canoga Perkins,
COLT Telecom Group, Covad Communications, Cox Business, ECI, Elevate Research,
Equinix, EXFO, Extreme Networks, Fujitsu, Global Crossing, Hatteras Networks,
Heavy Reading, Hibernia Atlantic, IDC, Interoute, JDSU, Juniper Networks,
Level 3, Lightower, MetroNet, MRV, Mzima Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks, NTT
Americas, Optimum Lightpath, Overture Networks, Positron Access Solutions, RAD
Data Communications, Reliance Globalcom, RCN Metro Optical Networks, Telco
Systems, Tellabs, Time Warner Business Class, Transmode, tw telecom, Verizon,
XO Communications, and Zhone.

Ethernet Expo registration is over 700 with expected attendance between 400
and 500 Ethernet technology executives. Ethernet Expo 2009, which includes a
conference and exposition, will take place at the Hilton New York on November
3 and 4. This year's Ethernet Expo will be open to all press and analysts.
Registration for press and analysts is free. To register, go to
www.ethernetexpo.com.

Contact:
Amy Averbook
Director of Corporate Marketing
Light Reading Inc.
averbook@lightreading.com
212-600-3373

About Light Reading
Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading online
media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide
communications market. 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. Light Reading's research
arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive
communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100
markets around the world. Light Reading produces nearly 20 targeted
communications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet
Expo London, The Tower Summit @ CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as focused
one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives. Light
Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a
unit of TechWeb.

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.

About United Business Media Limited
United Business Media Limited (UBM) (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com) is a global
media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the
world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the
information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and
commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to
jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs
more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating
in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel,
PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb, and Think Services. UBM is listed on
the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $2.5
billion.

SOURCE Light Reading

Amy Averbook, Director of Corporate Marketing, Light Reading Inc.,
+1-212-600-3373, averbook@lightreading.com