DALLAS, Oct. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shango, an industry leading Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider to telecommunications carriers and service providers, and the operator of one of North America's largest wholesale carrier networks, today announced that Tim Meier, VP of Business Development, will participate as a panel speaker at the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2012 Convention and Expo, to be held October 7-10, in Dallas, TX.
Mr. Meier, who brings over 20 years of telecommunications industry experience, including extensive collaboration with facilities-based service providers ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 3, in both regulated and unregulated markets, will join other leading industry executives as a panel speaker. Panelists will present strategies for facilities-based service providers that are exploring sustainable business models in order to expand their businesses, attract new customers, and maximize revenues amidst new and competing OTT service offerings. On the panel, Mr. Meier will present differentiating channel strategies, and discuss how competing service offerings can be leveraged to overcome operational challenges, expand wholesale channels, and facilitate new market development initiatives.
WHO:
Tim Meier
VP of Business Development
Shango
WHAT:
Panel Session: "A Whole New Level: Emerging Business Models Designed to Improve Your Revenue Stream"
WHERE:
Gaylord Texan
Grapevine 1
1501 Gaylord Trail
Grapevine, TX 76051
WHEN:
Monday, October 8, 2012
2:30-3:15 pm CT
With one of the largest wholesale carrier footprints in North America, and a unique cloud-based platform, Shango simplifies service fulfillment for telecom service providers by delivering instant access to hundreds of carriers. Shango allows service providers to easily acquire and activate domestic and international DID and Toll-free numbers, provision services across virtually any Switching platform and query Local Routing number (LRN) lookups through a single interface. Utilizing a single API, service providers use the Shango platform to enable fulfillment across applications, devices, as well as to 3rd party trading and resellers, in order to unify service management and facilitate revenue growth across sales channels.
COMPTEL PLUS attendees can visit Shango at Booth #725 to speak with Mr. Meier and the company's team of experienced carrier, enterprise, and software domain professionals. Shango will be exhibiting a range of cloud-based fulfillment solutions available for service providers to more easily buy and sell wholesale voice services.
About Shango
Shango is a Platform-as-a-Service provider that delivers instant access to an aggregate of hundreds of carriers, allowing service providers to easily acquire, activate and provision global voice services through a single interface. Communications Service Providers can also sell network services and enable fulfillment across applications, devices, as well as 3rd party trading partners and resellers within the Shango platform, in order to unify service management and facilitate revenue growth. Based in Austin, TX, its 400+ customers include Tier 1 global telcos, cable MSO's, VoIP and mobile carriers, hosted UCaaS providers, CLECs, and applications service providers. To learn more, visit www.shango.com or call 877.499.1242.
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