The 44th International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Beijing at 0:30 on January 7, 2011 (U.S. Pacific time at 8:30 on January 6) in Las Vegas opened a four-day exhibition .
CES 2011 Consumer Electronics Association host (CEA) President and CEO (Gary Shapiro) and the largest U.S. operator Verizon CEO (Ivan Seidenberg) and has delivered the opening address and keynote speech .
CES in a speech about the promotion of innovation and economic growth in the important role of, and prospects for the consumer electronics industry to make positive evaluation. He predicted that by 2014 nearly 3,000 U.S. consumers will purchase million Internet TV, which will be sold up to 185 million global Internet TV station. The association is also expected next year, total sales of U.S. consumer electronics industry will achieve growth of 3.5%, reaching 186 billion U.S. dollars.
Subsequently, Verizon CEO delivered the opening speech, showing the next few years, Verizon 4G LTE network development plan.