GreenTouch Consortium to Host Live Webinar Showcasing Second Major Technology Milestone on March 27, 2012

MURRAY HILL, NJ--(Marketwire - Mar 21, 2012) -

What: The GreenTouch Consortium will demonstrate a breakthrough technology at Bell Labs during a live webinar. GreenTouch Chairman Gee Rittenhouse and member companies will announce the second major milestone in the group's mission to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of information and communications technology (ICT) networks by a factor of 1,000. GreenTouch is choosing to share this news through an energy-saving webinar, rather than a traditional in-person event, tying into the consortium's green initiatives.

Who: The event will be led by GreenTouch member companies Bell Labs, INRIA, IMEC and Orange. GreenTouch is a consortium of leading ICT industry, academic and non-governmental research experts dedicated to fundamentally transforming communications and data networks, including the Internet, and significantly reducing the carbon footprint of ICT devices, platforms and networks. More information can be found at www.greentouch.org. For the latest updates, follow GreenTouch on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/green_touch.

Why: An opportunity to witness the GreenTouch consortium break new ground with the demonstration of a new technology that will make future ICT networks more energy efficient.

Who Should Attend: Organizations and individuals in the ICT industry; researchers and scientists in academia, non-governmental organizations; analysts and members of the media who are interested in telecommunications, innovation, ICT industry collaboration, innovation, and green/clean technology; future and current GreenTouch members; the general public.

When: The GreenTouch Announcement Webinar will be held Tuesday, March 27, 11am - noon pm ET

Where: The event will be broadcast via a live webinar at http://www.media-server.com/m/p/iisig77b. A recording will be available after the event through the same link.