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CTIA Super Mobility 2016 to Transform Show Floor into Smart City for Visitors to Experience Latest Advances in $1 Trillion Wireless Industry

Jun 1, 2016

300,000 Square Feet of Exhibits, New Interactive Destinations and 200+ Educational Hours Planned for America's Largest Mobile Event

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, CTIA Super Mobility 2016™, the largest wireless event in America, announced features planned for its Sept. 7-9, 2016 trade show and conference at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., USA. The show floor will transform into a Smart City with approximately 1,000 companies exhibiting products and services for mobile-first businesses and connected consumers. A projected 30,000 technology and business professionals will visit targeted zones, interact with Smart Experiences and engage in product demonstrations, educational sessions and networking opportunities on advancements in 5G, industrial and consumer Internet of Things (IoT), enterprise, media content and retail.

CTIA Super Mobility 2016

"CTIA Super Mobility is the best opportunity for industry veterans and new entrants alike to see the latest devices and next-generation technologies. By turning our show floor into a Smart City, attendees will experience how we'll benefit from seamless wireless connectivity," said Meredith Attwell Baker, President and CEO of CTIA.

To help visitors quickly and easily navigate the 300,000 square foot show floor, CTIA's Smart City will be organized into designated zones, including:   

  • Connected Life + Technology Zone will feature devices, services and applications that connect consumers and communities. The Drone Airfield will include air shows demonstrating the latest drone devices and UAS prototypes. This area will also host the Startup Lab, a pavilion designed to connect inventors, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
  • Enterprise + Industrial IoT Zone will focus on technology solutions to keep data secure and businesses efficient for privacy, cloud, virtualization and M2M/IIoT. At the Connected Car Lot Smart Experience, visitors will get an up-close view of the cars, entertainment platforms and safety features driving advances in transportation.
  • Innovation Zone will spotlight what's new and what's next in mobile. The 5G Launchpad Smart Experience will give attendees the chance to explore emerging concepts and use cases for next-generation network technologies, while the AR/VR Arcade Smart Experience will be filled with cutting-edge augmented and virtual reality gear, devices, content and games. The Smart Home Experience will showcase leading-edge consumer electronics, appliances, entertainment, energy controls and home improvements.
  • Retail Zone will feature mobile products and services that help meet consumer demand and make the retail ecosystem more profitable, from repair solutions and payment technologies to hardware and accessories. The Smart Retail Store Experience will enable shoppers to check out CE products while learning how sellers can increase revenues and customer interactions with point-of-sale solutions, beacons and inventory controls.
  • Tower & Small Cell Summit Zone will include hundreds of vendors dedicated to helping cell-site professionals build new channels and maximize their investments in wireless transmission services, systems and infrastructure.

CTIA Super Mobility 2016 will also offer more than 200 hours of educational opportunities through keynotes, educational tracks, show floor programs and partner events. Attendees will hear and discuss the latest intelligence on mobile business strategies, consumer trends, industry developments and policies impacting the $1 trillion wireless industry.

2016 keynote speakers include:

  • Glenn Lurie, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Operations
  • Peter Chernin, CEO, The Chernin Group
  • Rajeev Suri, president and CEO, Nokia
  • John Stratton, EVP and president of operations, Verizon
  • Tom Wheeler, chairman, Federal Communications Commission
  • Meredith Attwell Baker, president and CEO, CTIA

2016 Mobile Intelligence Conference tracks include:

  • Everything Intelligent: Taking the Networks to 5G
  • Everything Connected: Smart City + Smart Consumer
  • Everything Enterprise: 5G Use Cases
  • Everything Policy: How Washington Shapes Mobile    

CTIA Super Mobility 2016 press registration is now open at bit.ly/supermobilitypressreg. For more information and to stay up to date on show news, please visit CTIASuperMobility2016.com. 

About CTIA Super Mobility 2016
CTIA Super Mobility 2016™ (CTIASuperMobility2016.com) is the largest mobile event in America and the only B2B marketplace dedicated to demonstrating products and strategies for smart cities, mobile-first enterprises and connected consumers around the globe. For three days, more than 30,000 technology and business professionals, 1,000 exhibiting companies and dozens of collocated partner organizations gather to discover next-generation technologies, people and ideas transforming everything wireless. Powered by CTIA for 30+ years, this award-winning trade show advances the association's commitment to foster wireless innovation and enable connected life. CTIA Super Mobility 2016 takes place September 7-9, 2016 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA.

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CTIA® (www.ctia.org) represents the U.S. wireless communications industry. With members from wireless carriers and their suppliers to providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products, the association brings together a dynamic group of companies that enable consumers to lead a 21st century connected life. CTIA members benefit from its vigorous advocacy at all levels of government for policies that foster the continued innovation, investment and economic impact of America's competitive and world-leading mobile ecosystem. The association also coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices and initiatives and convenes the industry's leading wireless tradeshow. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, D.C.

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