 Hey everybody, welcome to JSA TV and JSA podcast the newsroom for telecom and data center professionals I'm Jamie Scott Okutaya and joining me today. We're so honored to have Richard Coyle president and CEO of extinet systems Rich welcome to JSA TV Hi, thanks. Thanks, Jamie. Appreciate the opportunity to talk to you We're so excited to talk to you and what a perfect time to do so Extinet as we're rolling into football season a little teaser there for our viewers But first things first, let's set the table here If you can tell our viewers who may not already be familiar, of course with the company of extinet tell us a little bit about yourselves Sure. Thank you Extinet is the nation's largest privately held provider of digital communications infrastructure We service the mobile network operators real estate owners enterprise customers and rural internet providers Today we operate in urban suburban and rural markets connecting customer to applications and services outdoor and In indoor with that being hundreds of sports and entertainment venues hotels convention centers college campuses and uh transit systems Oh my goodness and uh, of course, uh, you operate in many states Let's zero in on why everything is bigger in texas and for extinet Tell us about your upcoming relocation head of your company headquarters and why it's important to bring extinet into that one star state yeah, it was uh We when we decided to start taking a look at where we wanted our headquarters you know, we took a look around the country and uh, ultimately settled on frisco texas, we're going to be building a 30 30 7000 square foot headquarters Let's get home to about 150 of our employees and more importantly It's it's going to bring us closer to some of our largest clients and carrier partners The employee base is closer to the company's largest percentage also of our owned and managed networks You know the office building is in frisco station Which is uh, as you may know a globally recognized award winning 242 acre Mixed use development in one of the fastest growing communities in the u.s It's also known as the star district which is home to the dallas cowboys training facility and has a vast Uh, you know mixed use of restaurant shopping and entertainment. So we're very excited and uh, I can't wait to get down there And frisco texas is very excited to have you I've uh, I've heard some great praise by the governor of texas. Mr. Gregg abbott as well as the mayor of frisco Jeff cheney And even the city economic development council all excited to have exonet in their hometown Can you tell us more about the benefits of joining as you mentioned one of the country's top destinations for technology and innovation? Yeah, first off. I'd really like to thank the governor gregg abbott and the mayor jeff cheney for their hospitality and You know through this process and more importantly is the frisco economic development council They really helped drive the decision and made it that much easier for us You know texas has led the nation in high tech exports in 2021 By the way, that's the ninth consecutive year where they've exported a little over 50 billion worth of technology You know frisco is part of the dallasport worth metro flex Which has a high concentrations of company headquarters with experience and more importantly diverse talent You know for us major innovation tech leaders and investors are focusing on frisco as a tech hub And that helped drive a lot about decision, you know, just as important today There are eight professional collegiate sports organizations with four pro stadiums in the area For us frisco is a model for public and private partnership You know when we look at what it does for exonet personally You know, we wanted to bring the the back the feeling of community and foster a greater sense of belonging for our team The opportunity to reimagine our future and having a shift towards more of a collaborative and transformative culture So, you know, we are try we are looking to strive and succeed together You know and frisco offers in my opinion the work life balance and puts us near many of our closest partners and clients No, absolutely a great decision. Well researched And and work life balance can't talk about that enough these days Post pandemic particularly and let's get back to an earlier hint that we threw out there about the start of the football season excellent now Sononymous with some of the biggest sports teams and venues even across the country in texas alone Well, you mentioned the cowboys, but you also have the spurs formula one racing Nothing like heading right into the heart of texas right there. Tell us about some of these projects Yeah, you know as large venues compete with streaming services to get fans back in the seats They're turning to us and others like us to up and amp up that customer experience You know, you mentioned a couple but at AT&T center in san antonio the home of spurs We just recently lit a private wireless network You know, we were chosen in an exclusive partnership with the spurs sports and entertainment group to deliver a high performing wireless solution to create that Unforgettable fan experience and have them keep coming back for more, you know In austin you talk about formula one wireless circuit of americas We just upgraded all of the existing fiber infrastructure to support the latest network technologies In increasing coverage and capacity at their 1500 acre site to help deliver again Coda's goal with the best holistic fan experience in sports and entertainment And then finally in frisco itself in the frisco star We landed the rights at the forward center the home of the dallas cowboys training facility As well as the retail and entertainment venue The site has already been chosen to host next year's academy of country music awards So we're going to get there just in time and so we're we're excited to be part of the community Not only just being park but servicing these companies as as they look to enhance that customer experience So exciting not just for us here in the infrastructure space, but so exciting for all fans out there Whether in sports arenas or um even watching the academy of country music awards. I love it So, okay for those who want to know more and tell us a little bit about what's on the horizon for externets Sure, there's a lot of exciting things and you know, we've talked about Sports aspect of the customer experience We were recently chosen to design and build and operate and own an access network for all of mgm across the us It's the largest in building Project in the country and it is an example of our commitment to helping this segment grow You know, we're excited to work with mgm and the wireless carriers in delivering a great customer experience You know, and that's going to drive. I believe again if the focus is on the customers We love being right in the middle of that and connecting both the venue and the wireless carriers You know, we feel like we are strategically leading in this segment As we continue to perform at the highest levels for both the venue owners and the wireless carriers You know, we recognize once people started coming back to work and playing stadiums and entertainment centers It became clear the industry had fallen behind So we were seeing a renewed enthusiasm for indoor, especially around the fan and the guest experience You know, the indoor direction has shifted from solely being an mno funded Solution to more of a sharing of the wealth between the mno's the venue owners and operators like us You know, the model is changing and we're we're working to help drive that change. So it's it's an exciting time So and you know talking about what's on the horizon I think there's going to be a lot where we help drive that customer experience and we're excited to be part of it Oh, that's an exciting time. As you said, uh, so rich, where can our viewers go to learn more? Sure, you can go to uh www.extinetsystemswithines.com And uh, feel free to reach out to us and uh, we'd love to talk to you more about it Oh, thank you so much rich for your time here and viewers. You heard it here Estinetsystemswithines.com. Thank you so much for viewers for taking the time to To chat with us and hear our our discussion with rich today Uh, thank you for tuning in as always to jfa tv and jfa podcasts as always happy networking