Annual Tower Industry Summit and Show to Highlight The Benefits of Outsourcing from the Tower to the Network.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Tower Industry Summit and Show LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2000 The economic advantage -- especially for upstart telecommunications providers -- of outsourcing network infrastructure needs is the primary focus of the independent tower and site development industry as it prepares for its annual Tower Industry Summit and Show, October 29-31, at the Paris Las Vegas This article is about the Las Vegas hotel. For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , that is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Hotel in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev. The industry that grew up in response to the needs of a variety of wireless service providers for towers, switching facilities and other network infrastructure will also showcase an array of new managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality to communications companies large and small, offering data or voice services. "Carriers today need more than the vertical real estate to get their network on air and keep it on air. They need integrated network and colocation services, in addition to the infrastructure, to make their business models work," said Andrea S. Downs, conference director and president of Shorecliff Communications Inc. "Just as it did for PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. and paging licensees, the tower industry is responding to the infrastructure needs of new ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. and CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) carriers, as well as the network needs of established cellular and national PCS carriers." Tower owners today offer planning, design, construction and maintenance services, all of which are key components to fast deployment for fixed and mobile wireless carriers. In addition, the tower industry also has begun to offer power aggregation services, T1 replacement lines and services designed to forecast usage, assess market planning and traffic analysis. The Tower Summit and Show is the premier annual industry event for owners, managers and developers of towers, cell sites and infrastructure serving wireless communications carriers. Featured speakers include leaders from the communications and tower industries. Keynote speakers are Steven B. Dodge, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of American Tower Corp.; Ted B. Miller, Chairman and CEO of Crown Castle International Corp.; Stephen Clark, Chairman and CEO of Spectrasite Communications Corp., and Steven E. Bernstein, Chairman and CEO of SBA SBA abbr. Small Business Administration Noun 1. SBA - an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government Communications, Inc. Registrations are still being accepted for the conference. Individuals may register online at www.scievents.com or by calling toll-free 800-608-9641. American Tower is the leading independent owner, operator and developer of broadcast and wireless communications sites in North America. Including pending transactions, American Tower operates approximately 10,000 sites in the United States, Mexico and Canada, including approximately 300 broadcast tower sites. Of the 10,000 sites, approximately 8,700 are owned or leased towers and approximately 1,300 are managed and lease/sublease sites. Crown Castle International Corp. (CCIC CCIC Canadian Council for International Cooperation CCIC Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics CCIC Colorado Crime Information Center CCIC Consolidated Contractors International Company CCIC Committee On Computing, Information, and Communications ) is a leading provider of communication sites and wireless network services and provides an array of related infrastructure and network support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to the wireless communications and radio and television broadcasting industries in the United States and United Kingdom. Counting all closed and previously announced transactions, Crown Castle International owns, operates and manages over 7,500 wireless communication towers internationally. Pinnacle Towers Inc. is one of the fastest-growing consolidators and providers of wireless communications site facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Pinnacle offers a rapidly expanding inventory of state-of-the-art tower and rooftop communications space. About Shorecliff Communications Inc. Shorecliff Communications Inc. produces the largest executive conferences and trade exhibitions for the broadband wireless and independent tower/owner management industries. More information is available at: www.scievents.com. |
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