Mapcom’s John Granger coordinates panel session during regional NTCA meeting.
July 23, 2013 – Richmond, VA – Mapcom Systems, a leading provider of visual operations management software, continues to support the telecommunications industry by speaking and presenting at industry events.
On Tuesday, July 16th, during the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) Regions 1, 2 and 3 Meeting in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Mapcom’s John Granger led the Associate Member Advisory Council’s (AMAC) panel session entitled “Critical Considerations: Four Industry Trends You Can’t Ignore”.
The panel included Granger, President of Mapcom Systems; Jeff Wilson, C.E.O. of West Carolina Telephone; Steve Metzler, Senior Vice President of JSI; Rich Baughman, Vice President of Information Technology of Shentel; and Todd Crandall, C.E.O. of Telecom Management Services. Panel members discussed some of the most imminent trends in the telecommunications industry, and ways NTCA members can adapt to these developments.
“I particularly commend our AMAC for the session they put on with the Telco experts talking about the leadership, technological innovation, policy engagement, and financial tools that will be needed to carry the industry into the future,” noted NTCA’s Shirley Bloomfield, the association’s C.E.O. since 2010. “The theme of the discussion could very well have been taken from Will Rogers: ‘Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there’,” added Bloomfield.
To learn more about upcoming telecommunications industry events at which Mapcom will be attending and/or speaking, visit Mapcom’s event calendar.
About the NTCA
NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association is the premier association representing nearly 900 independent, community-based telecommunications companies that are leading innovation in rural and small-town America. NTCA advocates on behalf of its members in the legislative and regulatory arenas, and it provides training and development; publications and industry events; and an array of employee benefit programs. In an era of exploding technology, deregulation and marketplace competition, NTCA’s members are leading the IP evolution for rural consumers, delivering technologies that make rural communities vibrant places in which to live and do business. For more information, visit their website at www.ntca.org.
About Mapcom Systems
Mapcom Systems is the developer of M4 Solutions – a visual operations platform that allows service providers to manage their workforce, as well as fiber, coax, wireless and copper networks, including both outside and inside plant at the physical and logical levels. M4 Solutions enables users to integrate and correlate data from existing billing, accounting, GPS tracking, element management and network monitoring applications in a powerful visual interface to all network elements. Since 1971, Mapcom has worked with independents, cooperatives, fiber communities, and campus communications service providers of all sizes across the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean. For more information, visit the Mapcom website at www.mapcom.com.
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