Telecom Council of Silicon Valley launches 2015 Innovation Showcase

Promoting early-stage telecom startups from around the world

Mountain View, CA, USA – WEBWIRE – Monday, March 23, 2015

“The Innovation Showcase is a unique tool that helps young telecom companies get introductions, feedback, and even start partnerships,” according to Telecom Council President Liz Kerton. “And it is fruitful for the operators and vendors too because they are always looking for new technologies.”

Telecom Council’s 4th annual Innovation Showcase will move this year from Fall in Las Vegas to Spring in Silicon Valley. Hosted by Juniper Networks at their Aspiration Dome in Sunnyvale, California, the Showcase will match 25 early-stage, pre-deployment fixed and wireless telecom startups with members of the Telecom Council’s Service Provider and Investor Forums. The result will be a day of back-to-back pre-arranged meetings with selected companies from within the 50 telecom operators, 50 telecom vendors, and 100 venture capitalists who participate in Telecom Council activities.

“The Innovation Showcase is a unique tool that helps young telecom companies get introductions, feedback, and even start partnerships,” according to Telecom Council President Liz Kerton. “And it is fruitful for the operators and vendors too because they are always looking for new technologies.”

The showcase will take place on May 29th in Silicon Valley. Companies wanting to get involved, either as startups or ecosystem partners, can express interest until Friday, March 27. Full details online: www.telecomcouncil.com/innovation_showcase2015.php

About the 2015 Innovation Showcase:
The Telecom Council’s 2015 Innovation Showcase is an innovation competition where member judges select young companies with the potential to disrupt the industry to be introduced to service providers looking for partnerships and investors looking for telecom investments. The Showcase companies are selected by Telecom Council operator and vendor members from over 100 applicants based on standard Telecom Council criteria - innovation, momentum, viability, and management. The 2015 judges include Juniper Networks, Sprint, Shaw Communications, Aviat Networks, BT, Orange, U.S. Cellular, HTC, Telecom Italia, Samsung, Unifi Communications, L-3 Communications, Sony, and Telstra. For more information on this and past years’ Innovation Showcases, visit www.telecomcouncil.com/innovation_showcase.

About the Telecom Council:
The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley is Where Telecom Meets Innovation. We connect the companies who are building communication networks, with the people and ideas that are creating it – by putting those companies, research, ideas, capital, and human expertise from across the globe together in the same room. Last year, The Telecom Council connected over 2,000 executives from 1,000 telecom companies and 50+ fixed and wireless carriers across 40 meeting topics. By joining, speaking, sponsoring, or simply participating in a meeting, there are many ways telecom companies of any size can use the Telecom Council network. For more information and to join our invitation list, visit www.telecomcouncil.com.