Stephenson, no stranger to NXTcomm after kicking off the show in Chicago last year, delivered a message today detailing the industry's incredible growth potential and the opportunity for fixed and mobile networks to dramatically improve people's lives.

But that sentiment comes against a backdrop of macroeconomic malaise in the United States, a rapidly changing telecom landscape thanks to growing demand for wireless data and furious competition among the country's major wireless carriers.

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