GREENVILLE, Fla., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Florida recently announced that Marshall Criser, President, AT&T Florida, will be participating in the 2013 Transportation Summit at the Honey Lake Plantation in Greenville, Florida.  The Summit, hosted by the Florida Chamber Foundation in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation, will bring together top business leaders in Florida to participate in discussions to help secure Florida's transportation future.

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Criser will be a panelist for the "Transportation and Florida's Economy: Business Perspective" session.  The panelists will focus on the topic of "Why does transportation matter to Florida's economy?"  Criser will be joined by Executives from Wal-Mart and UPS who will share how Florida's transportation system impacts their bottom line, and will identify issues that affect our state's competitiveness.

Criser will also speak at the luncheon on how Florida's business friendly regulatory climate is incenting investment in Florida's transportation Infrastructure and how enhanced Mobile Broadband deployment is now part of the critical infrastructure needed to provide Floridians a  competitive advantage in our ever increasing global marketplace.

"Florida's investment friendly public policies have incented AT&T to invest more than $2.8 billion in its Florida wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012" says Criser. "Our goal is to offer a great mobile broadband experience while we increase our customers' operational efficiency and competitiveness."     

The Florida Chamber Foundation is constantly focused on identifying solutions to issues facing our great state and bringing together stakeholders that have a vested interest in those solutions.

The one-day event will cover essential topics to Florida's transportation future such as freight, logistics and trade; mobility, moving people and goods; funding and investment, and much more.

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