AT&T, Cellcom headline speaker list for N.J. mobile broadband event: RCR Wireless News, New Jersey Wireless Association to broadcast mobile broadband discussion

U.S. mobile carriers invested tens of billions of dollars into mobile broadband infrastructure last year, yet in major metropolitan markets like New York City and many rural markets, consumer and business customers are not enjoying the full benefit of mobile broadband. AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless investments comprised more than 70% of all investment in wireless broadband by major U.S. carriers last year.
To better understand how carriers and suppliers are addressing the market’s insatiable demand for mobile data, join RCR Wireless News, the New Jersey Wireless Association and industry leaders from AT&T, Cellcom Inc., PCIA, L.M. Ericsson, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Seven Networks, Anritsu Co., Crown Castle International Corp., Henkels & McCoy Inc. and other companies, for a half-day in person and online discussion on April 14 in Whippany, N.J.
Key conference themes include:
 The Road to Mobile Broadband
 Policy Discussion with Mike Fitch, CEO at PCIA
 Industry Analyst Perspectives
 Distributed Antennae Systems (DAS) Case Studies
 Carrier Panel
 Cube Antennae Technology – Fact or Fiction
 Optimizing the user experience
 Next-generation, multi-layer networks
 Perspectives from a rural carrier
 Economic impact of mobile broadband
To attend the RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband event or watch video coverage of #MBBNJ, please visit http://rcrlocal.com/mmbbjn/agenda. Matt Kapko, features editor for RCR Wireless News, will be chairing the event, and will be joined by the following confirmed speakers, moderators and panelists:
 Ronan McLaughlin – director, L.M. Ericsson
 Keith Mallinson, founder, WiseHarbor
 Mike Fitch, CEO, PCIA
 Khurram Sheikh, CTO & president, Powerwave Technologies Inc.
 Tod Sizer, head of wireless research, Bell Labs
 Madan Jagernauth, VP, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
 Wayne Hou, VP of Business Development and Strategy. ZTE USA
 Tony L. LeFebvre, director, Tyco Electronics Ltd.
 Jeff Fuller, president, Zinwave Ltd.
 Michael Lee Foster, director, SBA Communications Corp.
 Chris Hare, CEO, The nTete Group
 Michael Luna, CTO, Seven Networks
 Pat Riordan – CEO, Cellcom Inc.
 Rich Berliner, board member, UniTek Global Services
 Rick Soto, manager of DAS RF design, Crown Castle International Corp.
 Stacie Curtis, co-founder, CW Consulting Services Inc.
“The mobile broadband challenge facing carriers is going to get worse before it gets better,” said Matt Kapko, features editor of RCR Wireless News. “Every provider has acute capacity and coverage issues. To resolve and address those problems, carriers need to support and invest in the best set of equipment and technology available today, some of which will be on hand at our event.”
Broadcasts from the RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Conference will stream live from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 14. During the week of April 11, RCR Wireless News’ editorial team will be visiting New York City and the Parsippany, N.J., area. As in each of the markets we visit, our team will report on coverage and capacity challenges while interviewing carriers, suppliers, and enterprise customers on how mobile broadband is driving the economy and job growth.
“Mobile broadband is one of the few bright spots in today’s economy,” said Jeff Mucci, CEO and editorial director of RCR Wireless News. “The RCR Wireless News Global Tour and Conference Series puts our editors in key markets and reinforces our commitment to old-fashioned journalism. At each stop, our team is interviewing real people doing real work and reporting on their findings using RCR Wireless News’ digital network, which reaches more than 130,000 industry professionals, and our robust social media, multimedia distribution channels.”
The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Global Tour and Conference Series is sponsored by Crown Castle, Anritsu, Juniper Networks Inc. and Huawei, and includes domestic stops in Philadelphia, Pa., Charlotte, N.C., Austin, Texas, Bellevue, Wash., Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and the Silicon Valley region of California. International locations on the tour include Taipei, Taiwan, Barcelona, Spain, Toronto, and the nations of Argentina, Chile, Singapore and China.