Wi-Fi Forum May 7-14 in Herndon, VA; Atlanta; Dallas; and Denver
KANATA, Ontario – April 15, 2003 – Bridgewater Systemsä , a provider of dynamic IP and data service fulfillment and assurance solutions, today announced that, along with Nortel Networks and Telechoice, it will be hosting four executive forums for service providers on Wi-Fi in Herndon, VA (May 7); Atlanta (May 8), Dallas (May 13) and Denver (May 14).
"802.11 represents a potentially profitable new offering for service providers," said Russ Freen, chief technology officer, Bridgewater Systems. "The question many are asking is ‘how do we get to market and make money on it?’ These forums directly address that vital concern."
The free sessions, titled "Roadmaps to Profitable IP and Data Services," will help attendees size up and act on Wi-Fi opportunities as well as identify challenges, deployment issues and strategies. Attendees will hear authoritative presentations on:
• 802.11 market opportunities
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Leveraging core infrastructure to enable single authentication, single bill
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Managing users across multiple access technologies
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Security management of Wi-Fi networks
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Managing corporate networks
"Wireless data networking advancements are giving consumers and mobile professionals new access abilities across converging public and private networks and ‘hot spots’," said Mark Whitton, vice president and leader, Technology and Product Strategy, Nortel Networks. "This forum will provide valuable insights on how to securely and seamlessly use Wi-Fi to deliver anytime, anywhere wireless access and meet the evolving market demand for mobility."
In addition to exploring the latest routes for driving bottom line benefits from Wi-Fi, attendees will take away a copy of the Telechoice Research Report on 802.11 Managed Services Opportunities plus other practical tools, white papers and reference materials.
"A lot of people are talking about Wi-Fi, but few understand the type of business model that makes good business and operational sense for them," said Claudia Bacco, president of Telechoice. "These forums will help equip service providers with comprehensive and timely insights into Wi-Fi opportunities, challenges, deployment issues and strategies."
The executive forums are targeted at senior representatives from major service provider/carrier organizations, including CTOs/CIOs, VPs/directors of marketing and directors of products/services from firms in wireless and broadband markets.
For additional details and to register, interested parties can go to
http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/forum. Those with questions can email
foruminfo@bridgewatersystems.com.
About Nortel Networks:
Nortel Networks is an industry leader and innovator focused on transforming how the world communicates and exchanges information. The Company is supplying its service provider and enterprise customers with communications technology and infrastructure to enable value-added IP data, voice and multimedia services spanning Wireless Networks, Wireline Networks, Enterprise Networks, and Optical Networks. As a global company, Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries. More information about Nortel Networks can be found on the Web at
http://www.nortelnetworks.com.
About Telechoice:
Telechoice assists companies in creating new markets around innovative business models, technologies, products, services, and applications. As the strategic catalyst™ for the telecom industry, TeleChoice helps start or greatly accelerate the process of crystallizing a business or market strategy, value proposition, or differentiated position. Playing a strategic role, TeleChoice enables clients to launch new businesses, new markets, and new products and services rapidly and successfully. More information about Telechoice can be found on the Web at
http://www.telechoice.com.
About Bridgewater Systems: (
http://www.bridgewatersystems.com).
Bridgewater Systems provides dynamic IP and data service fulfillment and assurance solutions that enable service providers to generate profits from their networks while enhancing customer loyalty. The modular Bridgewater Systems product suite extracts greater value from existing operations support systems (OSS), business support systems (BSS) and network assets to enable service providers to realize new revenue sources. Unlike traditional OSS vendors, Bridgewater Systems' proven products deliver on-demand dynamic IP and data services, offer extensive revenue capture capabilities, provide out-of-the-box value and can be deployed in weeks -- instead of months.
Bridgewater Systems products are currently deployed by top-tier global service providers such as Bell Mobility, ICG Communications, Covad and Telia. Founded in 1997, Bridgewater Systems is a privately held company.
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