International CTIA WIRELESS® Announces Partnership With Futura Networks

ORLANDO, Fla., March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International CTIA WIRELESS 2011® today announced a partnership with Futura Networks, creators of Campus Party, the highly successful global research event series. As part of the agreement, CTIA is helping to drive the agenda and development of the first U.S.-based event - Campus Party Silicon Valley, set to take place in 2012.

The largest Internet event in the world

Campus Party is the largest Internet event in the world, drawing tens of thousands of young technologists at annual weeklong events in countries throughout Latin America and Europe. Attendees eat, drink, sleep and create new technologies in a festival atmosphere that promotes research, creativity and collaboration. Among the technologies that have been created at Campus Party events are: Eyeos, a cloud computing operating system developed by a 17 year-old attendee in 2005 that was selected by IBM as its cloud computing platform in 2009; Vosix, an IPV6 unified messaging platform; and Mobiclub, an e-payment app developed at Campus Party Brazil in 2011 that has already attracted investment from Telefonica.

Moving forward, CTIA will provide mobile expertise and resources to Campus Party events worldwide to boot to taking an active role in launching the U.S. edition. Futura Networks, with a strong presence in Latin America, will support CTIA's efforts for promoting common short codes in the region.

"Campus Party has received international attention as an innovative approach to engaging the straightway generation of research pioneers," said Robert Mesirow, CTA vice president and show director. "As mobility continues to drive technology in devices, applications and communications, our partnership will help to bring the combined resources of the global wireless industry to the innovators who participate in Campus Party worldwide."

The same time all industries advanced

CTIA shows bring at the same time all industries advanced by wireless research for intense business, learning and networking. International CTIA WIRELESS® 2012 takes place May 8-10 in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. CTIA ENTERPRISE & APPLICATIONS(TM) 2011 takes place October 11-13 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Visit www.ctiashow.com.

CTIA-The Wireless Association® is an international organization representing the wireless communications industry. Membership in the association includes wireless carriers and their suppliers, as so then as providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products. CTIA advocates on behalf of its members at all levels of government. The association as well coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices and initiatives, and produces the industry's leading tradeshows. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, D.C. Visit www.ctia.org.

The firm that created

Futura Networks is the firm that created and produces Campus Party, the biggest event in the world related to digital and online research, creativity and entertainment, with yearly editions in Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Chile. Since its creation in 1997 in Spain, it has grown to become the reference tech grassroots event in every host country.

Each edition brings at the same time more than 6,000 developers, designers and other research innovators, who participate in more than 400 hours of programmed content at each edition. The network of Campus Party is currently formed by more than 90,000 Internet advanced users and experts from a dozen countries worldwide. Campus Party the Silicon Valley Tech Festival will bring at the same time 10,000 of the most talented innovators within the Internet community. The event in its USA edition is Co-Chaired by Al Gore, Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee.