Averatek Offers Updates on ASAP Progress and Online Resource Site
March 25, 2021 | Real Time with...IPCEstimated reading time: Less than a minute

Averatek’s Mike Vinson and Tara Dunn provide an update on Averatek’s ASAP progress. Mike shares the results from his presentation on reliability and signal integrity, while Tara details the newly announced ASAP Community of Interest web resource site.
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