Mapcom Systems joins Smart Rural Community Advisory Committee in promotion of rural ingenuity.
May 22, 2014 – RICHMOND, VA – Mapcom Systems is proud to announce they are both sponsors of NTCA’s Smart Rural Community (SRC) and members of the Advisory Committee (SRCAC).
Smart Rural Community is an initiative of NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association. The SRC is comprised of programming related to and promoting rural broadband networks and their broadband-enabled applications. Communities can leverage this initiative to foster innovative economic development, commerce, education, healthcare, government services, public safety/security and more efficient distribution and use.
The SRCAC supports the SRC initiative by providing the technical and business expertise essential to the implementation of the program. The SRCAC includes representatives from the communications, power utility, education, agriculture, public safety, health care and rural economic development industries.
“Showcasing rural ingenuity is very important to the progression of related industries and we are very proud to support the SRC and see it gaining popularity,” said John Granger, President and CEO of Mapcom Systems.
For more information on the Smart Rural Community initiative, visit http://www.ntca.org/smart-rural-community/what-is-a-smart-rural-community.html.
About 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. Because of their efforts, rural America is fertile ground for innovation in economic development and commerce, education, health care, government services, security and smart energy use. For more information, visit 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 telecommunications 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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