Please join NTGTS for its Monthly Program on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the University of Dallas, Frisco Campus, 7460 Warren Parkway, Frisco, TX from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central.  The program's featured speaker is David McCarley, Executive Director - Service Performance & Device Evaluation, Verizon Wireless, who will provide an overview of Verizon’s forthcoming LTE launch in 2010. 

The wireless world is rapidly evolving from voice-driven to data-driven services. When wireless phones became popular, the 2G cellular networks they utilized did not have enough bandwidth for the use of data-heavy applications. The wireless industry responded with 3G technologies to provide greater bandwidth to enable more applications and wireless devices. Data use rocketed with 3G.  

Now, in response to persistent demand for richer applications and more bandwidth, the mobile industry is responding with an exponentially faster 4G technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE) - an output of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).  

Verizon Wireless will be the first in the U.S. and among the first in the world to launch LTE in 2010. LTE will provide Verizon Wireless consumers with significant benefits that extend beyond traditional day-to-day wireless communications, with the Verizon Wireless Open Development program serving as the initial gateway for a vibrant, growing LTE ecosystem.

David McCarley oversees service performance and device testing activities nationally for Verizon Wireless.  As a network service performance architect, David's primary accountability is to maintain the brand's Network promise.  His technical teams are charged with acting on behalf the customer.  By assimilating and exploiting the knowledge gained throughout a broad range of activities such as new device testing and approval, day to day service performance visibility and internal & external benchmarking assessments, the team's charge is to continually drive improvement. 

Program Agenda:

6:00 p.m.  Registration and Networking

6:45 p.m.  Speaker Presentations

7:30 p.m.  Q &A Session

7:45 p.m.  Networking Continues

8:00 p.m.  Adjourn

Cost

Members are $5.00 per person.  Non-members are $10.00 per person.  Light food and refreshments will be provided.

RSVP

Members and non-members must register via the registration page at:  http://www.ntgts.org/zenCart/index.php. When on the shopping cart page, please select the Monthly Networking Event, Member or Non-Member option.   

On-site registration will also be available; however, we highly encourage you to register in advance to confirm your space.  There will be a special discounted membership rate available at the event, which applies only to the individual basic membership tier.

For more information on membership, see http://www.ntgts.org/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=75 or contact membership@ntgts.org  

DIRECTIONS    

NTGTS will be meeting at the University of Dallas Frisco Campus, located at 7460 Warren Parkway, 1^st Floor, Frisco, TX.  The new campus is located just north of the Legacy corporate park, at the intersection of Warren Parkway and the Dallas Parkway.  Volunteers will be on hand to direct you to the meeting room. 

For more information on the Frisco Campus, see:  http://www.udallas.edu/gsm/maps.cfm

We look forward to seeing you on June 24!