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LAS VEGAS with IWCE |
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February 24, 2012 |
Las Vegas Hilton |
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PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
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SCHEDULE *Subject to change
February 24, 2012
| 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. | Keynote Address: Jonathan Atkin, analyst, RBC Capital Markets |
| 9:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. | LTE and the Future of Wireless Systems LTE's emergence as a de facto world standard will leave a lasting imprint on the deployment of wireless infrastructure. With mobile broadband systems currently deployed or planned in 41 countries worldwide, the momentum of these next generation networks is taking shape before our eyes. Through these networks, we are now seeing the true convergence of applications and services across both public and private networks, as well completely converged networks. LTE is transcending wireless technology into the IP world and by doing so creating a new age of network design, network management and most importantly, network usage. Our panel of experts will guide you through the future evolution of this wireless technology.
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| 10:10 a.m.-10:20 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 10:20 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | Planning for Selling or Acquiring a Tower Are you planning to sell or buy tower assets? Gain valuable insights from industry experts on how to prepare tower site assets for sale to maximize value and how to avoid due diligence land mines that can result in a crashed transaction or costly consequences. Learn how to acquire tower assets and gain insights on how to analyze future potential of the site and how to structure due diligence to avoid future surprises. This session will provide tower infrastructure owners with the knowledge of how to prepare for the sale of tower assets, five things to do before putting tower site assets on the market and three non-price items that add significant value. For those acquiring tower, it will discuss the factors that the affect current and future value, due diligence items many buyer overlook.
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| 11:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | What We Must Teach Municipalities About Wireless The papers are filled every day with stories about zoning battles over cell tower placement. The decision makers find themselves caught between local NIMBYs who voted them in and the wireless industry attempting to provide better service. How can the industry better educate local authorities on the need for their towers and the necessity of the proposed placement? Wireless advocates and municipal officials provide this panel with wide ranging views on how to demystify and improve the zoning process.
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| 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | Lunch: The Benefits of Joining a State Wireless Association Industry leaders will discuss the formation of the Nevada Wireless Association and that state wireless association's mission. |
| 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. | Tower Construction: Make Sure You Get What You Order...Today and in the Future When you build your next tower, you need know the difference between a great specification and a bad specification. Learn about information that is key to a specification: Structure Height, Design Code, Mount Options, Antenna/Microwave Mount Locations, Antenna Sizes, Dish Specifications, Site Location, Longitude and Latitude, Exposure Category, Topography Category and Structure Classification. This presentation will teach you the steps to competitive and proper designs.
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| 2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | DAS, Wi-Fi and Small Cells Kick Up the Capacity As smart phone use has grown at sporting events, entertainment venues, college campuses, malls and virtually anywhere else people congregate, operators have focused on ways to avoid system overloads by making their wireless networks more reliable through cost-effective technologies that increase network capacity and ensure higher data speeds. Come here the latest on the technologies -- DAS, metro cells, Wi-Fi and more -- that make it happen.
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| 2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. | DAS, Wi-Fi, Small Cells Technology Roundtable
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| 3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Designing a More Profitable Tower Site Reducing your capex and opex at your tower site is key to increasing revenues. Multi-mode radio technologies, backhaul alternatives and green power sources can lead to greater efficiencies. This panel will show you how leveraging your tower site investments will help grow your bottom line.
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