October 10, 2018
** MEDIA ADVISORY **
USTelecom to Host 2018 Broadband Investment Forum: The Path to Connecting Communities
Featured topics: Broadband Deployment, 5G, Telemedicine and Wireline Innovation
Remarks from Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue; FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr; Executives from leading broadband providers: Windstream, Blackfoot and Alaska Communications
WHAT:
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- Join USTelecom in Washington, DC for the 2018 Broadband Investment Forum: The Path to Connecting Communities. The conversation will focus on the future of broadband infrastructure investment in the United States and the innovative opportunities ahead for consumers, businesses and entrepreneurs.
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- The Broadband Investment Forum will feature insight and analysis from leading broadband policymakers and industry executives on topics including: broadband deployment and investment, 5G, telemedicine and wireline innovation.
WHO:
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- The Honorable Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture
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- Commissioner Brendan Carr, Federal Communications Commission
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- Jennifer Fritzsche, Managing Director, Wells Fargo
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- Radha Sekar, CEO, Universal Service Administrative Company
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- Jonathan Spalter, President and CEO, USTelecom
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- Tony Thomas, President and CEO, Windstream
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- Anand Vadapalli, Board Chair, USTelecom; President and CEO, Alaska Communications
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- Jason Williams, CEO, Blackfoot
WHEN:
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- Thursday, October 18, 2018
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- Noon – 1:30 p.m.
WHERE:
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- Washington Court Hotel525 New Jersey Avenue, NW; Ballroom 2Washington, DC
Registration and lunch at 11:30 a.m. Program begins at noon.
The event will be LIVESTREAMED
Media Contact: Brian Weiss, VP of Media Affairs | 202.326.7226 | bweiss@ustelecom.org