Highlights from the MTA 2011 Annual Convention include discussion of the broadband plan with Bill Hegmann of NECA, as well as suggestions from Mike Romano of NTCA and Randy Tyree of OPASTCO, as to what operators should be doing in Washington D.C to influence the implementation of the plan. .

Brent Christensen, President of the MTA provides an overview of the telecommunications environment in Minnesota.

Take a look at one operator's application that simplifies search and discovery of content on their network.  Get a glimpse of the "PCs for People" program as explained by Kevin Larson of CTC and learn from Dave Bickett of Park Region Mutual Telephone how they are making telework opportunities available in the communities they serve.

Continue to watch ViodiTV for complete interviews of these highlights, along with other MTA 2011 ViodiTV conference coverage. 

Thank you MNTA for making this coverage possible.  Credit to Roger Bindl for his excellent editing ability to take hours of footage and compress it into 6 minutes.