Mid-Year Conference 2024
Join us in Nashville, TN May 7-9 for our annual ACG Mid-Year Conference!
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Join us in May 7-9 in Nashville, TN for our annual ACG Mid-Year Conference where we will be hosting marketing, handset engineering and network engineering presentations as well as an exposé with all your favorite vendors!
REGISTER NOWMARKETING
Come and listen to our OEM’s present thier current roadmaps and show us where we are going in the next few months
HANDSET ENGINEERING
See what makes your currently devices the best on the market and how these devices will be changing to keep up with consumer needs
NETWORK ENGINEERING
Find out how the network is changing and how this these improvements will be helping your customers
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Cambria Hotel Nashville Downtown
118 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN, 37203, US
Associated Carrier Group
We are a group of Tier 2 and 3 Mobile network operators and resellers focused on reducing costs for our members. We do this by aggregating the purchase volumes of our combined membership. This assists in negotiating costs of good and access to mobile devices.
We also test and approve devices as a group which allows our OEM and ODM partners to more efficiently deploy their internal resources resulting ultimately in lower costs to the group. We are a legal entity which allows us the opportunity to share technical data among our members which all our members agree is invaluable to their day to day operations.
MID-YEAR CONFERENCE 2024 AGENDA
TUESDAY MAY 7TH
MARKETING
5:00 – 7:00 Voicecomm Tradeshow and Reception
Voicecomm
HANDSET ENGINEERING
5:00 – 7:00 Voicecomm Tradeshow and Reception
Voicecomm
NETWORK ENGINEERING
5:00 – 7:00 Voicecomm Tradeshow and Reception
Voicecomm
WEDNESDAY MAY 8TH
MARKETING
8:00 – 8:30 Tradeshow open
Voicecomm
8:30 – 9:00 Using BDC data in your market
Speaker: Bob Sobiek, RF Analytic
9:00 – 10:00 Branded Caller ID New Revenue
Speaker: John Braun, Tip Solutions
10:00 – 11:00 Sim Locking in a Fraudulent World
Speaker: Jack Plating, Trustonic
11:00 – 12:00 Sim Local Town Hall Meeting
Speaker: Barry Nothstine, Sim Local
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
Tradeshow open
1:00 – 2:00 Android SDK to reduce data costs
Speaker: Cat Macintosh, Sky Peak Technologies
2:00 – 3:00 Device Roadmap and Marketing Promotions
Speaker: Randy Hanson, TCL
3:00 – 4:00 Device Roadmap and Marketing Promotions
Speaker: Nikko Huertas, Google
4:00 – 5:00 NPD Market Data
Speaker: Hansen Hsing, NPD
5:30 – 7:30
Networking Gathering
HANDSET ENGINEERING
8:00 – 9:00 Teaching vs. Training – Coaching for Sales Performance
Speaker: Kevin Cundiff & Todd Presley, Servify Device Protection
9:00 – 9:30 SIM Local Products
Speaker: Barry Nothstine, Sim Local
9:30 – 10:30 A New Approach to iOS and Android Entitlement Services
Speaker: Roopesh Balan, G&D
10:30 – 11:20 Differentiating Your User Experience Through Superior Support
Speaker: Troy Cross, Ozmo
11:20 – 12:00 ACG Spec Update
Speaker: Manoj Sabhani, Apkudo
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Tradeshow open
1:00 – 2:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Samuel Gutierrez, Schok
2:00 – 3:00 Sim Locking in a Fraudulent World
Speaker: Jack Plating, Trustonic
3:00 – 4:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Nikko Huertas, Google
4:00 – 5:00 Redcap 5G Advanced
Speaker: Mahesh Kommi, Qualcomm
5:30 – 7:30
Networking Gathering
NETWORK ENGINEERING
8:00 – 9:00 Broadband Trends
Speaker: Amit Patel, Nokia
9:00 – 10:00 In-Building -The Good, The Bad, and The Really Weird
Speaker: Stefan Calmerman, Ericsson
10:00 – 11:00 3GPP Bead Solutions
Speaker: Alan Williamson, Airspan
11:20 – 12:00 ACG Spec Update
Speaker: Manoj Sabhani, Apkudo
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Tradeshow open
1:00 – 2:00 Evolution to 5G Cloud Core
Speaker: Mina Hedayati, Nokia
2:00 – 3:00 Small Cells
Speaker: Zhenhua Gong, Qualcomm
3:00 – 4:00 5G Stand-Alone – What, Why, and How?
Speaker: Emre Ari, Ericsson
4:00 – 5:00 Safely Auction Used Equipment
Speaker: Steve Kreiger, Vendidit
5:30 – 7:30
Networking Gathering
THURSDAY MAY 9TH
MARKETING
8:00 – 9:00 Device Roadmap
Speaker: Samuel Gutierrez, Schok
9:00 – 10:00 Accessory Attachment Success
Speaker: Michelle Brown, C Spire
10:00 – 11:00 Maximize the Customer Experience through iOS Device Entitlements
Speaker: Damon Acton, G&D
11:00 – 12:00 Device Roadmap
Speaker: Bryan Berndt, Start
HANDSET ENGINEERING
8:00 – 9:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Andy Germano, BEC
9:00 – 10:00 Chipset Roadmap
Speaker: Justin Eidson, Qualcomm
10:00 – 11:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Chris Saunders, TCL
11:00 – 12:00 Android SDK to reduce data costs
Speaker: Cat Macintosh, Sky Peak Technologies
NETWORK ENGINEERING
8:00 – 8:30 Network Mapping
Speaker: Bob Sobieck, RF Analytic
8:30 – 9:30 Private Networks
Speaker: John Mitchell, Mobile Air
9:30 – 10:30 5G Fixed Wireless Access
Speaker: Husam Shukhaidem, Nokia
10:30 – 11:30 TBD
Speaker: TBD, TBD
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