Registration Ends Tuesday, September 4

Time is running out to enter the  COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2012 Golf Tournament, which will be held at the award-winning Cowboys Golf Club on Sunday, October 7, during the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2012 Convention & EXPO. Golf registration is due by Tuesday, September 4.

To play in the tournament, you must be registered for the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2012 Convention. Golf registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The entry fee is $155 per person, and includes greens fees and cart, coffee and breakfast, lunch and prizes. Rental clubs are available for an additional fee. Prizes will be awarded for Closest to the Pin (two winners), Men's Longest Drive, Women's Longest Drive and First- and Second-Place teams.

For more information about the tournament, or to register to play, visit the COMPTEL PLUS website.

For three days in October, you will have the opportunity to learn from industry experts about the cloud market, new business strategies, hot technology trends and the impact of regulations and laws on your company and customers at the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2012 Convention & EXPO.

COMPTEL PLUS has put together an impressive line-up of speakers for its three key tracks: "The Cloud Market: What's the Forecast?,"
"Road Map Ahead: Changing Business Opportunities," and "Policy Perspectives: Washington Impact;" as well as its half-day Wednesday workshop "The Three-Hour Tour of the New Universal Service Fund: Rough Seas or Smooth Sailing?"

Visit the COMPTEL PLUS website to learn more about our agenda and the EXPO. Register today for COMPTEL PLUS while you can still take advantage of discounted registration rates. Once registered, you will get full access to the COMPTEL PLUS Business PLANner, our interactive meeting planning application that will enable you to download the pre-registered attendee list and send requests to other attendees to set up meetings in the COMPTEL PLUS Deal Center, at a booth during exhibit hours or in a meeting room.

 

On August 16, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced today that it will require Verizon and four of the nation's largest cable companies - Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications - to make changes to a series of agreements concerning both the sale of bundled wireless and wireline services, and the formation of a technology research joint venture. The DoJ said that, if left unaltered, the agreements would have harmed competition by diminishing the companies' incentive to compete, resulting in higher prices and lower quality for consumers. The announcement came after a closely coordinated investigation with the FCC, with additional assistance provided by the New York State Attorney General's Office.

Aelea Christofferson of COMPTEL member company ATL Communications has scheduled meetings on September 20, 2012, between company executives involved in the 8YY industry and Rep. Greg Walden, chairman of the House Communications and Technology subcommittee, and staff from the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau and Enforcement Bureau. The meetings focus on how the sale of toll free numbers are handled. If enough companies support this effort by having their executive attend the meetings, additional meetings with FCC Commissioners will be requested.

Any company interested in joining these meetings to demonstrate support for the proposed changes, should e-mail Christofferson or call
888-217-5784.

All COMPTEL Committee meetings are held at the Association's headquarters, 900 17th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20006, unless otherwise noted.  All times listed are Eastern. For more information, call 202-296-6650.

August 21        Regulatory/Legislative Committee Meeting
2 p.m.              Contact Karen Reidy

August 28        Regulatory/Legislative Committee Meeting
2 p.m.              Contact Karen Reidy