EXHIBITION
Hong Kong, China to host ITU Telecom Asia 2000

• Asia 2000 is the only telecoms event being hosted by the Government of the People’s Republic of China in the year 2000.

• Asia 2000 is the only telecoms event that attracts both industry and government.

• The Asia Pacific region is one of the greatest investment opportunities for anyone in the telecoms business. And Asia 2000 is the only telecoms event being held this year that is regional, not local.

• Asia 2000 is your chance to exhibit at the only event in the region which is combined with a Forum. The ITU Telecom Forum is the only place in the world where so many people ranked so highly in their respective companies or governments can meet one another under one roof to shape the future of the telecoms industry. CEOs, government ministers, policy makers, regulators, financiers and technical specialists will use the Forum at Asia 2000 to define what is possible and what must be done in real terms to achieve it.

• With a population of over 3.5 billion, the Asia-Pacific region constitutes the world's largest single market for telecommunications products and services. The regional average telephone density at the end of 1998 was just 6.6 per hundred people against a world average of 13.4, but the Asia-Pacific region is now recovering fast after 1998’s recession, and several economies of the region continue to be the fastest growing in the world today. China itself is not just one of the biggest telecoms markets in the world today, but also one of the fastest growing – by the end of 1999 the country had more than 43 million mobile cellular subscribers in the world, ranking it third, behind only the USA and Japan. By the time the Asia 2000 event takes place in December China is forecast to have overtaken Japan to become the world’s second largest mobile cellular marketplace, with over 70 million subscribers, and is expected to overtake the USA for the number one position within five years. China is also investing huge amounts in Internet network infrastructure, and plans to have an educational network connecting a thousand universities to the Internet in place by the end of this year.

• Hong Kong, China, promises to be an excellent venue for the Asia 2000 event, with a communications and transport infrastructure which reflects its importance as a business hub for the region.

Make sure you don’t miss out. Exhibit at Asia 2000.

The Application to Exhibit form is available online. Register now!

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