The Wi-Ex Sales, Marketing and PR teams will soon be going to New Orleans for the spring CTIA tradeshow. Special guest at the show include:
President Bill Clinton and Jim Cramer
According to Joseph Palenchar’s recent article in Twice Magazine the show should be bigger and better this year than in years past. Here are a few details from the article.
CTIA Show Makes Changes, Expects Growth
By Joseph Palenchar — TWICE, 4/23/2012
- Overall show attendance is also poised for gains over 2011’s 40,000 and 2010’s 39,000, Mesirow said. The total number of exhibitors will be around 1,000, as in recent years.
- About 21 percent of attendees will be retailers and dealers as in years’ past, he noted.
- Attendance levels are poised to grow this year in large part because the show dates were pushed back to May from their traditional March dates, Mesirow said. “We’ll see if it pays off, but early indications are that it has,” he said.
- The show’s new timing “works out better for product announcements, particularly in the U.S.,” he explained.
- Eighty percent of attendees are from the U.S.
Keynote Speaker Schedule:
Day 1 Morning: Keynotes will be given by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, MasterCard president Gary Flood, Pandora president/CEO Joe Kennedy and CTIA chairman Patrick Riordan.
Day 1: Afternoon keynote session 4:40 p.m. to 6 p.m, the CEOs of the four national carriers will appear at a roundtable moderated by “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer.
Day 2 Morning Keynotes by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs, Visa president John Partridge and Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello.
Day 3 Afternoon from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Keynote speaker is former President Bill Clinton.
CE and handset suppliers and distributors scheduled to exhibit include Belkin, Brightpoint, Brightstar, Cobra, Coby, Dell, Dolby, DTS, HTC, Huawei, Jabra, Kyocera, LG, Nokia, Novatel, Otterbox, Parrot, PCD, Polaroid, Haier Telecom, San Disk, Sharp, Sierra Wireless, Skullcandy, Wi-Ex, Wilson Electronics and ZTE. Carriers Tmobile, AT&T, Verizon and Sprint will also exhibit.
To read the full article go to: http://www.twice.com/article/483434-CTIA_Show_Makes_Changes_Expects_Growth.php
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