Light Reading Expands Wireless Coverage

Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/), the world's leading online publication for the telecommunications industry, today announced that it is expanding its coverage of wireless technology. As part of this expansion, it has hired a new Senior Editor, Carmen Nobel.

With the expansion, Light Reading plans to significantly extend its coverage of wireless networking infrastructure and services, focusing on core service provider technologies such as 3G (including HSDPA and EV-DO), WiMax, WiFi, and mesh networking. Light Reading will continue to work in concert with the staff of its sister publication, Unstrung, to cover the entire wireless networking world: Light Reading will focus on service provider infrastructure and services, while Unstrung will report on wireless enterprise networking technology and devices.

Nobel, an eight-year veteran of eWeek, will focus on coverage of mobile services and infrastructure for Light Reading. The expansion brings Light Reading's total editorial staff count to ten writers and editors, the largest staff of any online publication exclusively covering the telecom industry.

"It's clear that the service provider industry is moving rapidly toward an infrastructure that will support a wide range of wireless services and applications, and Light Reading plans to cover all the business and technology implications," said Scott Raynovich, Editor in Chief of Light Reading.

Light Reading and Unstrung editors will be covering next week's CTIA show in depth, with a total of five editors on location. CTIA will also mark the debut of Unstrung's broadcast-quality broadband video service, "Unstrung TV." This service will provide enterprise IT users with entertaining and educational programming on critical wireless technology issues.

Contact:
  Scott Raynovich
  Editor In Chief, Light Reading
  rayno@lightreading.com
  212-925-0020 x103

  About Light Reading

Reaching a core audience of more than 917,000 enterprise IT managers and executives, Light Reading Inc. publishes http://www.lightreading.com/, the leading global content site for the telecom industry; http://www.byteandswitch.com/, a storage networking site; http://www.unstrung.com/, dedicated to wireless networking; and coming May 2006, Dark Reading, a data security site. Light Reading is also affiliated with http://www.heavyreading.com/, a market research site offering quantitative analysis of telecom technology to carriers, service providers, and vendors. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005, and operates as a unit of CMP Media LLC.

About CMP Media

Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands in the technology, healthcare, and lifestyles industries, CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight, and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

SOURCE: Light Reading Inc.

CONTACT: Scott Raynovich, Editor In Chief, Light Reading,
rayno@lightreading.com, +1-212-925-0020 x103

Web site: http://www.lightreading.com/