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Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Crossfire Media today announced that Verizon Wireless’ Executive Director for Ecosystem Development, Brian Higgins, will deliver a Keynote Address to the combined audience of their 4GWE Conference : 
and ITEXPO East 2010 : in Miami. Mr. Higgins’ address takes place Thursday, January 21 st , at 10:15 AM, Eastern.
This session will
provide the audience with an update on the latest developments coming out of Verizon Wireless’ LTE Innovation Center, and will touch upon emerging opportunities for the Verizon Developer Community.
With more than fourteen years of wireless telecommunications experience, Brian has played a lead role in various initiatives within Verizon Wireless and its predecessor companies, including enterprise software development and support, new product implementation, nationwide in-building management, spectrum acquisition and planning, and custom solution development for enterprise and public safety.
“4GWE conference in Miami will feature extensive content discussing the differences between LTE and WiMAX, and we’re sure that Brian’s session will be of great interest to all who attend 4GWE and ITEXPO,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO and group editor-in-chief of TMC.
As Executive Director for Ecosystem Development within Verizon Wireless, Brian is responsible for managing the LTE Innovation Center and developer support for the Verizon Developer Community. Brian holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Rutgers University. He has also earned an additional master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Higgins said, “This is the audience and the right time to engage in building the kind of infrastructure, software, services and applications that will be critical to a successful of 4G in the U.S. and globally.
Verizon Wireless is committed to full collaboration as we build and prepare for the U.S. rollout of 4G networks, because we understand that our future success as a company will not be ours alone.”
“Verizon is a leader in the roll out of broadband wireless services and applications using LTE. The 4GWE Conference will focus on the companies driving the adoption of these services, and we are delighted to have Brian Higgins addressing the community regarding mobile broadband services and third party applications”, said Carl Ford, Co-Founder Crossfire Media and 4G Wireless Evolution Community Developer.
Registration for 4GWE Conference :
and ITEXPO :
remain open. The complete program for each conference is available on its Web site as well.
Members of the media can reserve media credentials by contacting Todd Keefe at
todd@firpr.com : mailto:todd@firpr.com .
Vendors interested in exhibit and sponsorship opportunities at 4GWE conference or ITEXPO should contact Joe Fabiano at 203-852-6800, ext.
132.
About TMC:
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is an integrated global media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions :
, INTERNET TELEPHONY :
, Unified Communications :
, and NGN :
magazines. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two to three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com :
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About Crossfire Media
Crossfire Media is an integrated marketing company with a core focus on future trends in technology. We service communities of interest with conferences, tradeshows, webinars, newsletters and provide community web sites with the latest information in our industries.
For Immediate Release PR (for ITEXPO)Todd Keefe, 617-262-1968 x101
todd@firpr.com : mailto:todd@firpr.com
