Don't miss this unique chance for your company to be recognized as a leader in next-generation communications technology, apps, and services

NEW YORK, June 16 — (PRNewswire) — UBM TechWeb's Light Reading ( www.lightreading.com), the largest research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace, today announced its call for nominees for the communication industry's top awards program, the Leading Lights Awards.

For complete details on the Leading Lights Awards, including the contest entry form, go to: www.lightreading.com/leadinglights. On the same page, readers may also nominate an executive -- famous or infamous -- that they'd like us to consider for Light Reading's Hall of Fame.

The award categories for 2010 include Best New Product (Cable), Best New Product (Mobile), Best New Product (Telecom), Best New Service or Application (Cable), Best New Service or Application (Mobile), Best New Service or Application (Telecom), Company of the Year (Private),

Company of the Year (Public), and Best Deal Maker.

Frequently asked questions about Light Reading's Leading Lights Awards are answered right here: http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=193101

The awards program is completely free to enter, but you must first become a member of www.lightreading.com. Membership to www.lightreading.com is also free and allows you to comment on message boards, get updates on live events, and access special content areas, such as our Light Reading Rumors section.

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 technological 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, and TelcoTV Asia, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet Europe, and The Tower Summit @ CTIA, as well as focused one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives in the US, Europe, India, and China. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a unit of TechWeb.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology.  Through its core businesses – media solutions, marketing services, and professional information – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands, applications, and services in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs, IT and IT support managers, Web and digital professionals, software and game developers, government decision makers, and telecom providers) actively participate in UBM TechWeb's communities. UBM TechWeb brands includes: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Game Developers Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; large-scale online networks such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Gamasutra; research, training, and certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and InformationWeek Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as InformationWeek and Wall Street & Technology.  UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization 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 organized 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.

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Light Reading UBM TechWeb United Business Media Limited UBM Amy Averbook, Light Reading Phone: +1-212-600-3373 Email Contact Web: http://www.lightreading.com