Top Industry Leaders to Drive Discussions at Global Wi-Fi Summit in China

Top Industry Leaders to Drive Discussions at Global Wi-Fi Summit in China

September 19, 2007

    BEIJING, Sept. 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    WHAT:    The Global Wi-Fi Summit in China 2007 will
host industry leaders 
             to present on Wi-Fi technology, deployments
and markets. This 
             inaugural event is a venue for industry
experts, vendors, 
             carriers and Chinese government officials to
forge industry 
             collaborations and assist Wi-Fi stakeholders
in building a 
             presence in China.

    WHEN:    September 26-27, 2007

    WHERE:   The Presidential Plaza Hotel
             Beijing, China

    WHO:     The Wi-Fi Alliance and Global Wi-Fi Summit
sponsors including 
             Intel, AMCC, Atheros Communications, Broadcom,
Cisco and Motorola 
             will be addressing industry-focused topics.
Below is a listing of 
             top-industry speakers that will be driving
discussions on Wi-Fi 
             technology in China. 

    Government and Wireless Deployments in China

    -- Chen Ruming, Chair, Radio Frequency Planning Expert
Consultative 
       Committee, Ministry of Information Industry (MII)

    -- Dang Meimei / Wang Zhiqin, Chair of Wireless Work
Group, China 
       Communications Standards Association

    -- Ma Benteng, Beijing 2008 Olympics Office, China
Mobile 

    -- Wang Haila, Chief Technology Officer, France Telecom
(in China)

    Industry Associations and Collaboration

    -- Celia Desmond, Board Member, Institute of Electrical
and Electronics 
       Engineers (IEEE) 

    -- Jason Yin, Managing Director, In-Stat China

    -- Li Baorong, Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance

    -- Stephen Palm, Digital Living Network Alliance

    Wi-Fi Technology and Architecture:

    -- Guo Hongtao, Vice President, CECT-ChinaCOMM
Communications Co. Ltd

    -- Guo Qiang, General Manager, HoJu

    -- Hou Ziqiang, Director, China Netcom (Hong Kong)

    -- Sun Yuning, President of IRGS and Vice President,
Lenovo Group

    -- Xie Yi, Vice President, China Academy of
Telecommunication Research, 
       MII

    -- Zhang Wenyue, China Netcom 

    CONTACT:    To learn more about the event, visit 
                http://www.conference.cn/wi-fi or send an
email 
                to: [e-mail]. 

    Global Wi-Fi Summit in China 2007

    Managers and product developers from networking
equipment manufacturers involved in the Wi-Fi industry are
expected to attend the first annual Global Wi-Fi Summit in
China, as are government officials, analysts and
consultants, and venture capitalists. In addition, the
two-day conference will feature a vendor exposition with
product demonstrations and interoperability testing events.
 

    The Wi-Fi Alliance has partnered with BII Group
Holdings, Inc. to produce the event. 

    About the Wi-Fi Alliance 

    The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global, non-profit industry
association of more than 300 member companies devoted to
promoting the growth of Wireless Local Area Networks
(WLANs). With the aim of enhancing the user experience for
mobile wireless devices, the Wi-Fi Alliance's testing and
certification programs ensure the interoperability of WLAN
products based on the IEEE 802.11 specification. Since the
introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification program
in March 2000, more than 3,500 products have been
designated as Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM), encouraging the expanded
use of Wi-Fi products and services across the consumer and
enterprise markets.  

    Wi-Fi(R), Wi-Fi Alliance(R), WMM(R), the Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED logo, the Wi-Fi logo, and the Wi-Fi ZONE logo are
registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance; Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED(TM), Wi-Fi Protected Setup(TM), Wi-Fi Protected
Access(TM), WPA(TM), WPA2(TM), Wi-Fi Multimedia(TM), and
the Wi-Fi Alliance logo are trademarks of the Wi-Fi
Alliance.






    For more information, please contact: 

     Lily Duan
     Edelman 
     Tel:   [phone] x225
     Email: [e-mail]

     Cynthia Zhong
     Edelman 
     Tel:   [phone] x306
     Email: [e-mail]