Mid-Year Conference 2025

Join us in Las Vegas, NV May 5-7 for our annual ACG Mid-Year Conference!

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Join us May 5-7 in Las Vegas, NV, for the annual ACG Mid-Year Conference! Enjoy insightful presentations on marketing, handset engineering, and network engineering, along with an exciting expo featuring all your favorite vendors!
 

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MARKETING

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

Caesars Palace
3570 Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109
 

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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 2025 AGENDA

MONDAY MAY 5TH

MARKETING

12:00 Registration table opens

5:00 – 7:00 Voicecomm Tradeshow and Reception
Voicecomm

HANDSET ENGINEERING

12:00 Registration table opens

5:00 – 7:00 Voicecomm Tradeshow and Reception
Voicecomm

NETWORK ENGINEERING

12:00 Registration table opens

5:00 – 7:00 Voicecomm Tradeshow and Reception
Voicecomm

TUESDAY MAY 6TH

MARKETING

8:00 – 9:00 AI Chatbot for Customer Care
Speaker: Jack Gantt, SoundHound AI

9:00 – 10:00 Branded Caller ID New Revenue Speaker: John Braun & Jim Dalton, Tip Solutions/TransNexus

10:00 – 11:00 Device Roadmap and Marketing Promotions 
Speaker: Harsh, Samsung

11:00 – 12:00 SSP
Speaker: Barry Nothstine, SSP

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Apple Trade in Kit
Speaker: Harold Edwards, Cellular Recycler

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, Circana 

5:30 – 7:30 Samsung Networking Gathering
Ole Red Las Vegas

HANDSET ENGINEERING

8:00 – 9:00 Indoor Coverage Via Passpoint and Hotspot 2.0
Speaker: Howard Buzick, American Bandwidth

9:00 – 10:00 SSP
Speaker: Barry Nothstine, SSP

10:00 – 11:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Nikko Huertas, Google

11:00 – 12:00 ACG Spec Update
Speaker: Manoj Sabhani, Apkudo

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Samuel Gutierrez, Schok

2:00 – 3:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Harsh, Samsung

3:00 – 4:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Susana Suarez, Start

4:00 – 5:00 TBD
Speaker: Justin Eidson, Qualcomm

5:30 – 7:30 Samsung Networking Gathering
Ole Red Las Vegas

NETWORK ENGINEERING

8:00 – 9:00 Wireless Service Provider Trends
Speaker: David Clough & Yohannes Tafesse, WWT

9:00 – 10:00 Leveraging Software Platforms for Efficiencies
Speaker: Flavio Mansi, EMQU

10:00 – 11:00 Site Evolution
Speaker: Rama Datla, Ericsson

11:15 – 12:00 Network Sharing Technologies
Speaker: Tushar Shah & Bhavesh Shingala, Nokia

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 Latest Trends Small Cell CSM and FSM
Speaker: Justin Eidson, Qualcomm

2:00 – 3:00 Wireless + Wireline Bundled Services
Speaker: Tushar Shah, Nokia

3:00 – 4:00 Network API’s + 5G SA Network Environment
Speaker: Ilker Alici, Vishnu Nagaraj & Jad Berberi, Nokia

4:00 – 5:00 Branded Caller ID New Revenue Speaker: John Braun & Jim Dalton, Tip Solutions/TransNexus

5:30 – 7:30 Samsung Networking Gathering
Ole Red Las Vegas

WEDNESDAY MAY 7TH

MARKETING

8:00 – 9:00 Device Roadmap and Marketing Promotions
Speaker: James Daurio, American Network Solutions

9:00 – 10:00 Elderly Devices
Speaker: Robert Felgar, RazMobility

10:00 – 11:00 Device Roadmap and Marketing Promotions
Speaker: Susana Suarez, Start

11:00 – 12:00 Device Roadmap and Marketing Promotions
Speaker: Samuel Gutierrez, Schok

HANDSET ENGINEERING

8:00 – 9:00 Sims in a Flash
Speaker: Troy Blaschka, RIPSIM

9:00 – 10:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Firas Naji, Motorola

10:00 – 11:00 Device and Technology Roadmap
Speaker: Chris Saunders, TCL

NETWORK ENGINEERING

8:00 – 8:30 Network Mapping and Using BDC Data in Your Market
Speaker: Bob Sobieck, RF Analytic

8:30 – 10:00 AI
Speaker: David Clough & Yohannes Tafesse, WWT

10:00 – 11:00 The Journey Beyond 5G
Speaker: Stefan Calmerman, Ericsson

11:15 – 12:00 Private xG
Speaker: Frank Shelton, Nokia/WWT

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