2008 Thought Leaders Forum

AT&T is bringing it all together for our customers, from the revolutionary iPhone to next-generation TV services.
      For more than a century, we have consistently provided innovative, reliable, high-quality products and services and excellent customer care. Today, our mission is to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and do it better than anyone else. We’re fulfilling this vision by creating new solutions for consumers and businesses, and by driving innovation in the communications and entertainment industry.
      We’re recognized as the leading worldwide provider of IP-based communications services to businesses. We’re also the top U.S. provider of wireless, high-speed Internet access, Wi-Fi, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services.
      And we’re making huge advances in the entertainment and communications industry. For example, we’ve expanded our video offerings to include next-generation television services such as AT&T U-verseSM TV. It’s part of our “three-screen” integration strategy to deliver services across the three screens people rely on most: the mobile device, the PC, and the TV. As we continue to break new ground and deliver new solutions, we’re focused on delivering the high-quality customer service that is our heritage.

EMERSON NETWORK POWER, a business of Emerson, is a global provider enabling Business-Critical Continuity™ from grid to chip for telecommunication networks, data centers, health care, and industrial facilities. Emerson Network Power provides innovative solutions and expertise in areas including AC and DC power and precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, monitoring, and connectivity. All solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians.
     For more information on Emerson Network Power’s full suite of solutions specifically supporting the communications network infrastructure, including outside plant enclosures and equipment, NetSureTM DC power systems, and turnkey services, visit www.emersonnetworkpower.com/energysystems.

GRUis a community-owned, multi-service utility in Gainesville, Florida, providing electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, and telecommunications services to approximately 89,000 retail and wholesale customers. GRU’s combined services make it the most comprehensive utility service provider in the state. As an engaged participant in a progressive community, GRU is committed to becoming a national leader in energy efficiency. GRU is Florida’s leading utility in establishing long-term energy efficiency goals and helping their customers reduce energy consumption.

3MWith more than 40 years in the telecommunications industry, 3M Communication Markets offers one of the widest and most comprehensive suite of scalable solutions to communications service providers around the world from underground and buried plant, to central office, premises and more. Proven systems from 3M optimize network testing, construction, locating and maintenance for faster, more reliable high-bandwidth transmissions; enable physical media-layer capabilities for FTTP and DSL deployments from central office to customer premises; and deliver fiber optics technologies to leverage existing infrastructure or install completely new networks.