Executive Vice President of Wireless Doug Wiest to Present on Small Cell Deployment Challenges and Opportunities
Herndon, VA – January 5, 2015 – EdgeConneX®, specializing in hosting solutions at the edge of the network, announces today that its Executive Vice President of Wireless, Doug Wiest, will present at PTC’15. The event takes place January 18-21, 2015 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort in Honolulu, HI.
Mr. Wiest will join S. Jay Lawrence, CEO, NexxCom Wireless; Alan DiCicco, Director, Network Solutions Marketing, 
Calix USA; and Vikas Arora, CTO, EXFO Canada, during Topical Session 9: “Wireless-Fixed Convergence from Core to Backhaul to Access”, to be held 2:45-3:45 local time on Tuesday, January 20 in South Pacific 2. During his presentation, “Turning the Challenges of Small Cell Deployment into Opportunities”, Mr. Wiest will explore the opportunities behind the small cells market. He will also provide executive insights on how to address the cost, aesthetics and the backhaul challenges that exist with small cell deployments.
“As the number of data-oriented mobile devices and applications continues to increase, mobile network operators are turning to small cells for improved cellular coverage and capacity to meet growing traffic demands,” remarks Doug Wiest, Executive Vice President of Wireless, EdgeConneX. “Experts forecast the small cell market to hit $2.7B by 2017. This discussion has been designed to educate attendees on the challenges and opportunities of small cell deployment so that they can capitalize on this emerging, yet imminent technology.”
EdgeConneX specializes in providing purpose-built, power dense and edge of network Edge Data Centers® and wireless solutions that enable the fastest delivery of content to end-users. EdgeConneX has created a new edge of the Internet by designing and deploying facilities that are strategically positioned nearest to network provider aggregation points, ensuring the lowest latency data delivery, with an improved quality of service.
PTC is the Asia-Pacific’s premier telecommunications event. The conference converges senior executives, global regulators, academics and influential thought-leaders to plan, network and discover new strategies for a networked planet and new year ahead. PTC’15 will explore the next generation of networking, including core data transport, social networking, distributed big data, the Internet of Things, and more. Key areas of focus include terrestrial and mobile and the new applications, and new strategies for global and regional network service providers and over-the-top players they are enabling.
To schedule a meeting with the EdgeConneX team at PTC’15, email edgeconnex@imillerpr.com.
For more information about PTC’15, visit https://www.ptc.org.
For more information about EdgeConneX and its leading edge of network infrastructure solutions for expanding and improving access to wireless and data communications, visit edgeconnex.com or email info@edgeconnex.com.
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About EdgeConneX
Headquartered in Virginia and operating a national infrastructure with a best-in-class field operations team, EdgeConneX provides Space, Power & Connectivity solutions for content, network, colocation, CDNs and service providers, as well as wireless carriers, telecommunications companies, and commercial property owners. EdgeConneX has created a new edge for traditional networks offering superior performance and economics. Our purpose-built Meet You Points® optimize delivery of data at network-critical locations closest to the end user. For more information, please visit edgeconnex.com.
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