2008 Wireless Retail Summit Sponsors
The Vendor Showcase will feature a wide variety of iQmetrix partners who offer value-added products and services designed to enhance your business. From handset protection and trade-in solutions to accessory suppliers and wireless retail consultants, the vendor showcase will provide an opportunity for you to make valuable contacts with over 20 of the industry's leading vendors.
Wireless Xcessories Group
The Wireless Xcessories Group is the larges wholesale of aftermarket accessories in America, providing its products to dealers, distributors and airtime carriers. Founded in 1985, the Wireless Xcessories Group has become an innovator in recognizing and capitalizing on trends in the wireless accessories industry and currently sells products to resellers in all 50 states, the Caribbean and Latin America.
TESSCO
TESSCO is a leading provider of integrated product, supply chain and retail marketing solutions to dealers in the wireless industry. TESSCO's various tools and capacities integrate with the inventory management system in RetailiQ to lower overall procurement costs.
Offwire
Offwire Accessories has been helping customers buy profits in many different ways since 1995. Offwire proudly offers their vendor managed inventory programs focused on "Products - People - Promotions." Each category is designed to help retailers increase accessory attachment rate and profitability.
HowNet
Since 1991, The Edmond-Howard Network has helped wireless companies worldwide increase their sales, increase their ARPU, reduce their COA, and improve their customer loyalty. Hownet helps companies achieve these goals through highly customized wireless sales training programs for the major channels of distribution: retail, indirect, B2B, and national enterprise.
Protect Cell
Protect Cell offers Handset Protection Plans for new cell phones through independent cellular retailers. Founded by a retail cellular dealer, Protect Cell keeps a dealer focus to help drive plan holders back to dealer stores and increase phone sales. Protect Cell takes a consultative approach to assist retailers to find new ways to increase revenues and drive profits.
Tracpoint Wireless
TracPoint Wireless Inc. is a company dedicated to identifying revenue solutions for your wireless business. With many years of experience in the wireless industry TracPoint Wireless has put together a select number of innovative sales & marketing programs to help you grow your business.
Kiosko
Kiosko is a full-service, solutions-based manufacturer of retail store fixtures, RMU inserts, kiosks and POP sales displays. Singularly focused on simplifying the design and acquisition process, Kiosko offers turn-key services including; design, engineering, manufacturing, installation, graphics and maintenance.
Skipjack
Skipjack Financial Services was formed in 1997 to meet the needs of both the financial community and their merchants for a secure, affordable, feature-rich payment gateway. Skipjack grew rapidly based on its reputation for service excellence and its ability to meet the needs of merchants of any size with payment solutions designed to meet their specific needs.
Superior Communications
Superior Communications provides quality wireless accessories to retailers, distributors and carriers across the U.S. Superior offers programs for customers of different sizes in a variety of channels. All Superior programs focus on improving customer profitability and provide personalized account service.
Flipswap
Flipswap is the only fully outsourced cell phone trade-in program for wireless retailers. The Flipswap solution has been seamlessly integrated into RetailiQ, allowing merchants to issue instant store credit to their customers for any phone, from any carrier. Merchants using the Flipswap program have seen significant increases in their activations, accessory sales, and customer loyalty.
Retail Radio
Retail Radio was founded by three radio professionals with over 45 years of experience operating some of the most successful radio properties in the country. The Retail Radio team has a passion for music, business and technology and works hard to producing the story, feeling and atmosphere in your retail store that you want conveyed to your customers.
Technocel
Technocel is the leading wireless source for Service Provider Agents and Retailers, offering a complete line of accessories for each handset at launch. Established in 1986, Technocel has grown into the largest distributor of private label wireless accessories. Supporting AT&T, Alltel, Sprint and others.
Competitive Arts
Competitive Arts assists businesses in automating the processes that allow a company to gauge its success. Customized service packages can include carrier commission management, payroll data management, inventory maintenance, security maintenance and data reconciliation. In addition, Competitive Arts is a full service IT firm.
Paramount Wireless
Paramount Wireless has been helping its clients succeed in an often complex world of wireless communications. Specializing in full service accessory programs that include custom packaging, high quality accessories, e-commerce, marketing, inventory management, and asset management programs, Paramount offers customers a reliable long-term partnership.
RCR Wireless
RCR Wireless News is the premier news source for the wireless communications industry and is first with carrier, distributor, network, handset and mobile content news. Published since 1981, RCR Wireless News is daily in electronic media and weekly in newspaper reporting on the entire wireless communication ecosystem.
Global Warranty Group
Global Warranty Group is a leading Third Party Administrator for Extended Service Contract Programs. Their Wireless Protection Program provides coverage for wireless phones for damage not covered by the manufacturer's warranty, such as lost and stolen wireless phones, vandalism, fire, lightning and water damage.
PreCash
PreCash is an innovative provider of convenient, real-time payment systems that convert cash into electronic payments. PreCash was founded in 1998 with the vision of providing payment options and opportunities not served by the traditional credit and debit card models. Today, payments on the nationwide PreCash network total more than $3 billion, and are processed at over 35,000 retail locations, worldwide.
Ark Ideas
A burgeoning force in the Philadelphia media community, Ark Ideas is a full service advertising and marketing agency with a rapidly expanding client base in the retail industry. At Ark Ideas, the aim is to bring out the best in your company and take it to the next level.
RIM
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry™ wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements.
Gorilla Games
Gorilla Games is a new retail venture in the gaming industry created by seasoned wireless retail entrepreneurs – Rhodes Thompson and Shipman Northcutt. Gorilla Games is a franchise model retail store that sells new and used video games and operates using RetailiQ.
Microcell
Microcell is the industry leader in the remanufactured cell phone industry, offering a lifetime warranty with a rapid replacement guarantee. Located in Commerce, CAL International MicroCell Communications has been around for 11 years and has grown at a fantastic pace.
Motorola
Motorola is a global communications leader powered by a passion to invent and an unceasing commitment to advance the way the world connects. Today, Motorola develops a portfolio of technologies, solutions and services — including wireless handsets, wireless accessories, digital entertainment devices, wireless access systems, voice and data communications systems, and enterprise mobility solutions — that make mobile experiences possible.
Palmer Promotional Products
Palmer Promotional Products designs and produces permanent point-of-purchase materials. Featured products include illuminated signs, motion signs, menuboards, clocks, embossed metal signs, indoor and outdoor displays and acrylic products.
Brightstar
Brightstar Corp. is the largest and fastest growing wireless distribution and supply chain solution company in the world. Representing the world’s leading wireless and data device manufacturers, Brightstar’s customer list includes network operators, resellers and retailers throughout the world, with 160,000 points of sale served.
