NEW YORK, August 17 /PRNewswire/ --

TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, announced today
that two of its leading media brands, Light Reading's Unstrung and
InformationWeek, have been selected to produce the CTIA eShow Daily for
CTIA-The Wireless Association's upcoming events: International CTIA WIRELESS
I.T. & Entertainment(R), October 7-9, 2009, in San Diego, and International
CTIA WIRELESS(R), March 23-25, 2010, in Las Vegas (www.ctiashow.com).

Leveraging the position of Light Reading's Unstrung as the wireless
industry's 4G authority, and InformationWeek's role as the leading multimedia
business technology brand, the CTIA eShow Daily news sites will cover news
and analysis of interest to service providers and enterprise business
technology decision-makers.

"We thank CTIA, and we think this partnership is very strategic for our
brands, as the CTIA events are the biggest and most influential in the mobile
industry," says Joseph Braue, SVP/Group Director of the Light Reading
Communications Network.

"TechWeb's expertise and reach across the enterprise closely aligns with
the focus on mobile business at CTIA events," says Robert Mesirow, vice
president and show director for CTIA. "The CTIA eShow Daily will provide
attendees with an electronic platform to learn about and debate the latest
developments in the mobile industry."

The CTIA eShow Daily site for International CTIA WIRELESS IT & E
(www.unstrung.com/ctia) will launch September 7 with previews and news
updates on the show. Unstrung and InformationWeek will also be releasing a
daily newsletter the week before and during the show to give attendees easy
access to International CTIA WIRELESS IT & E news.

Show exhibitors should send press releases to editors@lightreading.com as
plain text (no attachments, please) with "Press Release" in the subject line
for consideration for our Newswire Feed, and possible coverage in our News &
Analysis section. News pitches and interview suggestions should be sent to
editors@lightreading.com with "CTIA News Pitch" in the subject line.
Exhibitors can call us at +1-817-231- 0042 to leave a voicemail or to send a
fax. Follow @LightReading (http://twitter.com/Light_Reading) via Twitter,
where we'll be posting updates before, during, and after CTIA.

For CTIA eShow Daily advertising opportunities please contact Michelle
Gray at (gray@lightreading.com or + 1-773-327-3550). Newsletter, advertising,
broadband TV, and other branding opportunities are available until September
4.

About Light Reading

Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading
online media, research, and focused event company serving the US$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 InformationWeek

InformationWeek (www.informationweek.com) is the anchor brand for the
InformationWeek Business Technology Network -- a powerful portfolio of
resources that span the technology market, including security with
DarkReading.com, storage with ByteandSwitch.com, application architecture
with IntelligentEnterprise.com, network architecture with
NetworkComputing.com, cloud computing with PlugIntoTheCloud.com, and SMB with
bMighty.com. InformationWeek Magazine reaches 440,000 business technology
professionals at more than a quarter million unique locations. Its mission is
to help CIOs and IT executives define and frame their business technology
objectives. InformationWeek.com delivers breaking news, blogs, high-impact
image galleries, and proprietary research as well as analysis on IT trends, a
whitepaper library, video reports, and interactive tools, in a 24/7
environment.

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 US$2.5 billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly
connections

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation
of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve
professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from
journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with
integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500
staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that
serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them
to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For
more information, go to http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com.

CONTACT: Amy Averbook, +1-212-600-3373, averbook@lightreading.com