ATLANTIC-ACM to Deliver Customer Choice Awards at Metro Connect USA 2012

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading telecommunications industry research consultancy, will deliver its first-ever ATLANTIC-ACM Customer Choice Awards at Capacity Media’s Metro Connect USA 2012, Feb. 28 and 29 in Miami. The awards are derived from ATLANTIC-ACM’s research into customer satisfaction with metro players for its 2011 Metro Carrier Report Card, which is based on approximately 3,500 individual evaluations of metro providers by their enterprise customers.

The awards ceremony will take place during the awards luncheon sponsored by Global Capacity on Feb. 28.

Additionally, ATLANTIC-ACM will moderate or present at key sessions throughout the conference, including:

• A CEO panel on successful business strategies for creating profitable and scalable metro providers
• A session on the evolving relationship between data centers and metro carriers
• A session on assessing the current status of mobile operators and wireless backhaul in the face of broadband demand

Metro Connect USA 2012 registrations received before Jan. 20, 2012, are entitled to a $200 per-attendee discount.

About Metro Connect USA 2012

2012 promises to be another exciting year in the US domestic metro wholesale market. Another wave of consolidation is expected to sweep the market, backed up by continued bullish performance, but how will this market contraction affect the remaining players?

Metro company valuations are changing, and as the dark fiber and fiber debt markets adapt, which business component will give you the best ROI?

The booming consumer technology, cloud, tablet and smart phone markets across the US are driving the constant demand for increased bandwidth. This has been supported by a fiber explosion as companies build networks (and data centers) to match demand – but how far have they gotten? What ROIs can be expected in T2 and T3 markets? And what are the bandwidth drivers of the future?

The press has been full of announcements surrounding the launch of new LTE networks, but wireless backhaul and fiber-to-the-tower remain an issue and what will happen when the land grab finishes?

Price compression echoes across the market, but how can a company protect its margins? Does the new class of “super carrier” threaten regional players or help to rationalize the market?

Join 350+ metro industry executives to listen to 50 c-level speakers at the 11th Annual Metro Connect USA 2012 (28 and 29 Feb., Miami) in a series of strategic panel sessions discussing these issues and more. For more information, or to register for the conference, visit:

http://www.capacityconferences.com/conferences-events.asp?id=90&cat=&subcat=&start=0

About ATLANTIC-ACM

Boston-based ATLANTIC-ACM is a leading provider of strategic research and consulting services for the telecommunications and information industries. In addition to producing the industry's principal benchmarking, sizing and opportunity studies, the company assists clients in evaluating telecommunications opportunities for successful investment, market entry, and long-term planning. For more information, visit ATLANTIC-ACM's website at www.atlantic-acm.com.

CONTACT:

ATLANTIC-ACM

For Capacity Media:
Capacity Conferences
Daisy Southam, + 44 (0) 207 7779 7227
daisy.southam@capacitymedia.com
www.capacityconferences.com
or
For ATLANTIC-ACM
Casey Freymuth, +1 480 893 2424
Chief Communications Officer
casey@atlantic-acm.com

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