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Associate Directory

4G Unwired, Inc.

  • Scott Robinson Managing Partner/President (321) 726-4183
4G Unwired provides Wireless Consulting services for Tier 1, 2 & 3 wireless carriers, integrators, tower companies and vendors. 4G Unwired helps our clients to better manage, operate and view their networks more efficiently and profitably through cost effective and innovative 3D RF Engineering solutions and services.

AdGen Telecom

AdGen Telecom is a technical consulting firm with over 20 years experience in developing, implementing and managing telecommunications wireless networks.  Our strength is in the delivery and execution of complex wireless network design, strategic planning and operations management of wireless networks.

Alcatel-Lucent

A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP and optics technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivaled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry.

Pre-Conference Workshop Sponsor of the 2011 Wireless Symposium and WiExpo, produced by NTCA and RTG (January 2011).

Alpina Capital

Alpina Capital is a specialized investment banking partnership providing international mergers, acquisitions, private placements of equity and debt, restructuring and advisory services.

  • Co-Sponsor of the 2011 Wireless Symposium and WiExpo, produced by NTCA and RTG (January 2011).
  • Sponsor of the RTG-OPASTCO 700 MHz Workshop (July 2010)

Apkudo

Apkudo helps mobile operators and device manufacturers launch successful Android devices. An Android user experience innovation company, Apkudo is pioneering analysis technologies that deeply and holistically characterize and compare the user experience, taking devices from bad to good, and good to great. Starting early in the device approvals process and continuing throughout friendly user trials, the Apkudo Approved data-informed approach speeds time to market, ensures issues are alleviated early, and significantly reduces device return associated costs. The end result is a device that exceeds consumer expectations. Apkudo is headquartered in Baltimore, MD. The Apkudo team includes deep research expertise with the Android operating system including optimization, usability and performance testing, and is focused on helping the ecosystem deliver the best possible user experience to Android device owners. Learn more at http://www.apkudo.com and email hello@apkudo.com for additional information.

Art Prest & Associates

Art Prest & Associates is a consulting firm that serves the technology needs of wireless carriers, vendors and other industry participants.

Associated Network Partners, Inc.

  • Gene Chohon VP, Sales and Marketing (217) 862-1960
ANPI is the leading wholesale provider of dedicated and switched long distance.

Bennet & Bennet, PLLC

Bennet & Bennet, PLLC is a full service communications law firm with extensive experience representing clients across the communications industry.

CellCast Technologies

  • Thomas Fahy Senior Advisor (202) 349-3911
CellCast Technologies offers the most advanced cell phone notification solution available that instantly delivers text messages securely to large numbers of people specific to a geographical area.

ClearkSky Technologies

  • Tony Tagliareni Chief Sales & Marketing Officer 407-515-8601 ttag@csky.com

 

For more than a decade, ClearSky Technologies has been a leader in providing mobile data solutions for regional wireless carriers, enabling them to offer the same advanced technology as national carriers such as AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. ClearSky’s powerful array of products and services includes LTE, traffic and policy management, Multi-Generation SMS, MMS and mobile Internet gateway, along with P-SMS and carrier-branded content portals. Headquartered in Orlando, ClearSky currently provides mobile data services to more than 80 wireless operators serving 8 million subscribers across the Americas. For more information, visit www.csky.com.

Breakfast Sponsor of the 2011 RTG Users Group Meeting at the 2011 Wireless Symposium (produced by NTCA and RTG).

CMAS

CMAS is a service bureau based system that allows a notifying agency the ability to alert the public in the event of a natural disaster, terrorism act, child abduction or any other circumstance for which the general public needs immediate critical notification.

CoBank

CoBank is a $58 billion cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. We provide loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states.

DCC LLC

DCC is a full service wireless consulting company that specializes in GSM/UMTS/LTE deployments.  DCC has project managed many wireless core build-outs, and can guide operators through the difficult design, pre-deployment, deployment, and operational phases of operation.  DCC LLC is partnered with several hardware providers that can accommodate a wide variety of frequencies and technologies in stand-alone as well as shared / hosted wireless switching scenarios.

Ericsson

  • Julie McGowan Sales Director (972) 583-1509
At Ericsson we are using innovation to empower people, business and society. Our mobile and fixed networks, multimedia solutions and telecom services make a real difference to people’s lives and the world we live in, and are an essential part of a sustainable society.

Platinum Sponsor of the 2011 Wireless Symposium and WiExpo, produced by NTCA and RTG (January 2011).

Exalt Communications

Exalt Communications designs, manufactures and markets next generation wireless backhaul systems for service providers and enterprises worldwide.

Falkenberg Capital Corporation

  • Brian Harvey Vice President (303) 320-4800
Falkenberg Capital Corporation is a sophisticated investment banking firm with extensive sale, merger, acquisition, private equity and debt placement experience.  Since its inception in 1989, Falkenberg Capital has arranged the successful purchase, merger, sale or financing of more than 250 media or telecommunications businesses.

GCI Wireless

  • Corporate Contact (800) 770-7886
GCI Communication Corp. (GCI) (NASDAQ: GNCMA) is an Alaska-based company providing voice, video and data communication services to residential, commercial and government customers.

Globecomm Systems Inc.

Globecomm is a full-service GSM/CDMA mobile technology provider, offering 2G/3G services and products, with a forward path to the next generation. Our hosted network services are provided on the latest future-proof core network equipment in a state-of-the-art, award-winning NOC, managed by one of the largest and most experienced technical teams in the business.

Hyde Company

The Hyde Company now has installations of SMSC and Voice Mail solutions worldwide. The Hyde Company will continue to offer reliable, cost-effective, leading-edge solutions for many years to come.

Inteliquent

Inteliquent is a full-scale network solutions provider, offering intelligent networking to solve challenging interconnection and interoperability issues on a global scale.  With an advanced MPLS network that is highly-interconnected to carriers around the world, Inteliquent provides voice, IP Transit, Ethernet and hosted service solutions to major carriers, service providers and content management firms based in over 80 countries across six continents.

Interop Technologies

Interop Technologies is the primary resource for comprehensive wireless messaging, device management and connectivity gateways. We serve companies in the global wireless and telecommunications industries.

Iris Wireless

Iris Wireless builds powerful must-have solutions that accelerate network operator success in the adoption of the mobile device as the key driver for managing social, business and financial worlds.

JSI

JSI provides a full array of financial, management, regulatory, business development, marketing/public relations and strategic services, as well as education and training. Established in 1962, JSI provides these services, and more, to hundreds of companies across the nation. JSI also offers analysis and review of such competitive-focused issues as pricing and bundling, VoIP and IPTV assessment, CLEC and video/cable operations, strategic partnerships, image and identity, and mergers/acquisitions. With more than 95 professionals on staff, JSI remains a leader in offering business solutions to independent providers. In addition to its Greenbelt, Md., headquarters, JSI has regional offices in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Austin and Salt Lake City.

JSI Capital Advisors

  • Bill King President and Managing Principal (603) 622-0379
We are a boutique investment bank focused on the communications, digital media and information technology industries.  We provide insightful and pragmatic strategic advisory services forged from a long history of serving the transaction and valuation advisory needs of the owners and management of independent communications, media and information technology service providers.

Lemko Corporation

  • Brian Ponte VP for Business Development (847) 240-1990
Lemko is a premier IP software company that provides a complete mobile system on a server at the cell site (RAN) distributing the core intelligence to the edge and fulfilling the ITU's vision for 4G next generation networks.

Sponsor of the RTG-OPASTCO 700 MHz Workshop (July 2010)

Liberty Towers, LLC

  • Michael Hofe President and COO, Managing Director (888) 542-8977
Liberty is a Washington, D.C. area based communications tower company formed to develop, acquire and manage wireless communications towers in the continental United States.

MACH USA

  • Danny Greer Director, North America Sales (813) 314-8860
We serve telecommunications service providers worldwide. We are constantly praised by our clients for our local approach which in our industry is crucial to create a business relationship.

Mid-State Consultants

Mid-State Consultants, Inc. specializes in providing comprehensive communication systems engineering. Our service offerings range from project inception to final close-out, and all of the steps in between. Our singular focus is to provide the engineering services and support that will guarantee the successful outcome of each project entrusted to us. We do not aspire to be the largest communication engineering company in the country – we aspire to be the best. As a 100% employee-owned company, each member of our experienced staff has a personal stake in your project. If you don’t succeed, we don’t succeed. At Mid-State, our people make the difference.

Montana Independent Telecom Systems - MITS

  • Bonnie Lorang General Manager (406) 443-1940
MITS is a premiere provider of professional services to the rural telecoms industry for the benefit of Montana consumers. MITS is the voice of its members to local, state, regional, and national entities.

Monte R. Lee & Company

Monte R. Lee & Company provides engineering expertise from the latest technological standpoints. Our company specializes in an expanding array of professional services.

Movius

Movius is a global leader in value-added communication solutions for service providers. We create applications that improve the quality of people's lives by helping them communicate in simple, fun and unique ways that transform the way they interact with information, media and each other.

RTG Annual Meeting Lunch Sponsor (November 2010)

National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative

  • Brad Seibert VP, Business Developmenet (703) 787-7123
NRTC represents the advanced telecommunications and information technology interests of 1,500 rural utilities and affiliates in 48 states. We help rural electric and telephone utilities strengthen their businesses with solutions uniquely suited to the needs of rural consumers. NRTC provides products and services developed specifically to meet the needs of rural utilities and their customers, such as high-speed Internet access via satellite, full service Internet access and support, integrated smart grid technologies and energy efficiency solutions, wireless technologies, long distance programs, mobile phone service, IP backbone services, and programming distribution rights for video providers.

NetAmerica Alliance

  • Roger Hutton Chairman and CEO (888) 686-2747
NetAmerica Alliance provides independent telcos that own 700MHz and AWS licenses the tools to bring the benefits of advanced converged wireless and wired services to their communities.  We provide branding, service creation, marketing, purchasing and 4G/IMS infrastructure services to create the market advantage needed to thrive in the 21st century.

Nextgen Clearing

Nextgen Clearing is an independent financial clearing house founded by a highly experienced team drawn from the mobile roaming and financial services industries.

Nokia Siemens

Our customers, Communications Service Providers (CSPs), face challenges on all fronts: the need to increase efficiency keeps pressure on capital and operational costs; the dramatic rise in traffic due to the proliferation of internet applications demands new business models for monetization; and an ever fiercer competitive climate is challenging CSPs to prove they can retain the customers they have and win back any they might have lost. Nokia Siemens Networks will play a vital role in helping CSPs meet these challenges. This role is our mission – it’s about building value.

North American Technology Exchange

  • Wade Luther President & CEO (303) 443-1984
NATEX is an asset recovery company that specializes in excess inventory and end-of-life management. We’ll help you recoup asset investments while managing security, legal, and environmental concerns. We specialize in RF, GSM, telecom equipment, cell site/tower scrap, Microwave, RF and communication equipment.

Pario Solutions

Pario Solutions is an innovative, leading provider of telecommunications solutions.  As a channel partner with Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper Networks, Pario serves rural carriers with end-to-end wireline and wireless solutions designed to maximize their revenue streams.  Pario offers Hosted Mobile Services that include 2G/3G Softswitching, 2G/3G/LTE Packet Core, HLR, OSS, Prepaid, Mobile News & Entertainment, and 24X7 network monitoring and support.
  • Pario's Patti Dominach is an RTG Board Member and also sits on RTG's Education Committee.
  • RICA/RTG Fall Forum Sponsor (November 2010)
  • Co-Sponsor of the 2011 Wireless Symposium and WiExpo, produced by NTCA and RTG (January 2011).

PC Management

  • Bob Martin President (239) 335-1320
PC Management provides wireless managed services.

Pivot Media

  • Bernie Arnason Managing Partner and Founder (240) 450-2161
Pivot Media helps our clients identify and maximize business opportunities. We actively analyze the telecom industry and offer our clients revealing insight, increased knowledge, and future direction.

Professional Software of Amarillo, Inc.

  • Billy Simpson President (806) 358-8928
PSA through it’s relationship with IBM brings highly scaleable solutions to solve the problems and satisfy the needs of today’s wireless providers.

Quality One Wireless LLC

Quality One Wireless, LLC is a leading distributor of wireless handsets, accessories and communication equipment throughout North, South and Latin America. Based in Orlando, Florida, Quality One Wireless offers complete solutions to wireless operators, MVNO’s, insurance providers, retailers, dealers, wholesalers, and e-commerce partners.  End to End supply chain services include: device sales, customized software, sales support, inbound/outbound customer service, forward/reverse logistics fulfillment, in/out of warranty repairs, parts, e-commerce solutions, reclamation, online auction services and recycling. 

Riazzi Rhyne & Swaim Investment Group

At the foundation of your relationship with the Riazzi Rhyne & Swaim Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC is a precise, disciplined approach to long-term investing. Backed by the vast resources of Wells Fargo Advisors--one of the leading securities brokerage firms in the country--investment strategies are combined with the agility needed to take advantage of timely opportunities.

Shulman Rogers

Shulman Rogers' Telecommunications practice represents clients involved in all areas of communications, including private radio, common carrier, broadband and broadcast.

Syniverse Technologies

Syniverse Technologies, an industry pioneer and innovator for more than 20 years, is committed to simplifying the business and technical complexities of mobile communications.

t3 Wireless

t3 specializes in 4G mobility cellular solutions and fixed wireless solutions. We know the challenges that wireless operators face today. We constantly evaluate solutions and equipment so you don't have to. We currently work with over 350 Rural Telephone Companies, Utilities, & Wireless ISP's nationwide using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.

Taqua

Taqua a leading supplier of convergence switching, IP peering and small cell deployment solutions. Today, hundreds of carriers utilize Taqua to cost effectively provide a full array of revenue generating, broadband and mobile applications to all types of communication devices.

Telispire

  • Curtis Knobloch CEO (940) 397-9600
Telispire provides private-labeled nationwide wireless resale solutions for ILECs, CLECs and electrical cooperatives.  Telispire is uniquely positioned to provide a virtual carrier environment to clients by strategically partnering with nationwide wireless carriers.

TESSCO Technologies Incorporated

  • John Celentano Market Development Manager (410) 229-1186
TESSCO is Your Total Source® for wireless communications products and solutions for business professionals. You can choose from over 25,000 competitively-priced products from 300 manufacturers with guaranteed delivery.

Thermo Bond Buildings, LLC

  • Scott Donlea CEO (800) 356-2686
At Thermo Bond Buildings, every structure is manufactured in a controlled environment and wired to the customer’s exact specifications. We also can acquire and install whatever power or communications equipment is required so your building arrives on-site “good to go.”

Transaction Network Services

  • Beckie Rivas Sales Engineer (813) 731-0256
TNS is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. By combining innovation, advanced technology, experience and service excellence, TNS delivers managed communications solutions to service providers and enterprises on a global scale.

RICA/RTG Fall Forum Sponsor (November 2010)

USA Digital Communications Inc.

  • Jake Tullius National Sales Director (800) 598-7618
Using network and telecom services from USA Digital Communications lets business customers enjoy all the technological advantages provided by telecom industry leaders and all the benefits of responsive service from a nimble, customer-focused organization.

Vantage Point

Vantage Point is a leading telecommunications engineering and consulting company.

Velleros

Based in Morrisville NC, Velleros enables carriers to derive incremental revenue streams through new 2.0 web-based content and services combined with highly effective contextual advertising. The Velleros Aggregation & Syndication Technology (VAST™) platform distributes aggregated content to any network connected device per user preference, providing a more personalized infotainment experience. VAST applications include CMAS CMSP Gateway, Community Notification, Personalized Content Manager and Mobile Marketing and Advertising.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo has the financing you need for your media, communications, or information services business. We offer customized solutions and industry-specific expertise to support your growth objectives. Our focus is on developing long-term relationships and providing a dependable ongoing source of capital. We work with companies that have experienced management teams and are exclusively involved in media-related industries, with loan requirements from $10 million to $500 million.

Westchester Services L.L.C.

Westchester Services is a multi-disciplined organization specializing in Project Management and Tower Development with turn key services.

WireIE

WireIE is a selected group of industry-leading specialists with proven experience in designing, building and managing state-of-the-art Next Generation Networks. Our focus is on Network Transformations, Network Extensions and Network Support Solutions.

ZTE USA INC.

  • Mark Tryon Technical & Marketing Manager (972) 671-8885
ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. ZTE has the widest and most complete product range in the world covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless, service and terminals markets.