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 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 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.

All industry professionals may attend the IEC sessions by registering at www28.cplan.com/pls/pg_gsma/reg_gsma_entry.LOGIN_415F50. Use code IECMA to receive a 30% discount on their conference pass.

Visit: www.iec.org/events/2008/iec_mac or contact lreyes@iec.org or +1-312-559-3325.