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IWCE 2027Booth costs, dates and deadlines: the Las Vegas exhibitor guide
Radios, towers and two floor days: IWCE 2027 booths in Las Vegas
- Event dates
- March 8–11, 2027
- Exhibit hall
- March 10–11, 2027 (Wed 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.–4 p.m.)
- Venue
- Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, Las Vegas
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Quick answers
IWCE 2027 in 30 seconds
The short version for IWCE exhibitors. Each IWCE figure is sourced further down the page.
- When is IWCE 2027?
- March 8–11, 2027, at Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, Las Vegas.
- When is the hall open at IWCE?
- March 10–11, 2027, Wed 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
- How big is IWCE?
- 3,600+ attendees, 225+ with sponsors exhibitors (2026 edition).
- What does a 10×20 IWCE booth cost all-in?
- $7,500 – $15,000, all-in, for a Purple rental with design, graphics, lighting, install and dismantle. IWCE bills space and show services separately.
- At IWCE, what is the next exhibitor deadline?
- Super Early Bird registration pricing ends: November 13, 2026.
Official IWCE 2027 links: IWCE 2027 floor planIWCE 2027 registrationIWCE 2027 scheduleIWCE 2027 booth space
The lookNorth Hall, Las Vegas 2027
Keyed up. Vegas on channel.
IWCE 2027 fills North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center March 8–11, exhibits March 10–11, with radio managers from public safety, utilities and transit. In 2026, 3,600+ attendees came from 1,900+ organizations, per IWCE, and Drones as First Responders is on the 2027 program.
Everything about IWCE 2027 in one place
IWCE 2027 fact sheet
| Official name | IWCE 2027 (International Wireless Communications Expo) |
|---|---|
| Event dates | March 8–11, 2027 |
| Exhibit hall dates | March 10–11, 2027 (Wed 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thu 10 a.m.–4 p.m.) source |
| Venue | Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109 |
| Organizer | Informa Connect (IWCE) |
| Size (2026) | 3,600+ attendees · 225+ with sponsors exhibitors source |
| Who attends | Public safety, government, utility, transportation and enterprise communications managers, radio engineers, dealers and integrators |
| Next deadline | Super Early Bird registration pricing ends: November 13, 2026 source |
| Nearest airport | Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) About 4 miles south of the LVCC |
| Hotels | Hotels around the LVCC, including the Westgate on an attached walkway and the Renaissance next door |
| Official website | iwceexpo.com |
Official IWCE resources
IWCE 2027 calendar
IWCE 2027 dates and deadlines
The IWCE dates the organizer has published, in order, each linked to the page that states it. The next one is highlighted.
01 Purple at IWCE 2027
Radios, towers and two floor days: IWCE 2027 booths in Las Vegas
Public safety, utility and transit radio managers walk IWCE to key a radio, compare coverage and meet their dealer, all in two exhibit days. In North Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center we install as your EAC with the labor the show requires, with Teamsters Local 631 freight booked through the show contractor.
- Exhibits Mar 10–11 · LVCC
- 3,600+ attendees in 2026
- IWCE50 in 2027
What makes IWCE different, and how we build for it
IWCE is the critical communications show: land mobile radio, broadband push-to-talk, in-building wireless, dispatch and the networks that keep police, fire, utilities and transit talking.Informa runs four days of education, with accredited technical training through ETA International and the Drones as First Responders program with DRONERESPONDERS and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, around a two-day exhibit hall. The Critical Comms Spotlight Theater runs on the floor, and the 2027 show marks IWCE50. In 2026 the show drew 3,600+ attendees from 1,900+ organizations, and 40% of them were VPs or C-suite executives.
Radios they can hold and key, P25 and broadband interoperability shown end to end, and a vendor who understands grant cycles and procurement rules.
Private LTE, LMR and dispatch systems shown on a coverage map of a real territory, with uptime, cybersecurity and migration stories.
Antennas, cabling, in-building gear and test equipment they can handle, plus dealer terms and support from someone who has climbed a tower.
Your team in Las Vegas
Two shops and one project manager for IWCE
We build in our own production shop in Fishkill, NY, and our Las Vegas hub, ship to the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, and install with our own project manager on the floor and vetted local labor. Turnaround is a predictable 30 to 45 days, with pre-show QA and secure storage for your IWCE booth.
Your staff walks onto the IWCE floor and the booth is already lit and stocked. You just show up.
New at IWCE 2027
- IWCE50 anniversary
IWCE marks its 50th with IWCE50 anniversary celebrations at the 2027 show, which gives exhibitors a reason to launch and to host customers in Las Vegas. source
Inside IWCE 2027
Rules that shape your IWCE booth
The floor is open just two days, March 10–11, 2027, from 10 a.m. both days, closing at 5 on Wednesday and 4 on Thursday, after two training days. We schedule install before Wednesday and dismantle after the Thursday close.
Live drone demonstrations at IWCE are presented by DRONERESPONDERS with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in the Drone Zone. We design drone exhibits as static displays with batteries handled to the show contractor's rules.
The LVCC reserves forklifts, pallet jacks and wheeled freight for Teamsters Local 631 via the show contractor, while exhibitor staff may use hand tools at most shows. Our EAC paperwork and insurance go in about a month before move-in.
Programs worth planning for
A DRONERESPONDERS partnership with a UAS Program Manager's Course, a Drone Technology Pavilion and live demonstrations with LVMPD, for drone, payload and public safety UAS companies.
Eight accredited multi-day technical training courses in two- and three-day formats, with an ETA certification exam included in registration.
An exhibit hall stage where sponsors present to attendees, sold as part of IWCE's sponsorship options along with Lunch & Learn Roundtables and meeting rooms.
IWCE is the radio and critical communications technology show for public safety, utilities and transit; choose it over APCO when your buyers are network engineers, dealers and enterprise radio managers rather than 9-1-1 and dispatch center leaders. Every telecom and wireless show we build for, side by side →
telecom and wireless at IWCE
The industry behind IWCE, in pictures
02 Booths & pricing for IWCE 2027
Popular booth sizes at IWCE
IWCE sells booths and sponsorships through Informa's exhibit team without a public rate card; most of the 250+ exhibitors use inline booths, with radio and network makers on islands. We recommend a 10×20 with a radio wall and coverage screen, or a 20×20 island for system demos.
A lit wall of handheld and mobile radios on secure mounts, a coverage map on a 65-inch screen and a counter where a dealer can talk pricing.
Above: data-pixel, a Purple inline booth
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Radio, vehicle mobile and dispatch console side by side, so a public safety manager follows a call from the field to the dispatcher's screen.
Shown: Easy Shopper, a Purple inline booth
See 10×30 rental booths →
A full dispatch position, a tower-top antenna sample on a stand, two demo pods and a closed room for agency and utility buyers.
Shown: a Purple island exhibit for Apartment List
See 20×20 rental booths →
A response vehicle or drone kit on display, a seated theater for short product talks, two meeting rooms and lockable storage for radios overnight.
Shown: Voltronic Power, a Purple island exhibit
See 20×30 rental booths →In Purple's IWCE price
- Design and a 3D rendering for IWCE, revised until it is right
- The structure, printed graphics, counters and storage your IWCE plan specifies
- Lighting and power distribution inside your IWCE booth
- Setup and teardown, with our project manager on the IWCE floor
- We track each show-service order and deadline for you
Billed separately by the show and its contractor
- Exhibit space (paid to Informa Connect)
- Drayage, or material handling, when it is not in the IWCE space rate
- Electrical service, internet and rigging
- Booth cleaning and any union labor the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall requires
Rates to plan with for IWCE:
- Drayage Billed per cwt, 200 lb minimum, surcharges for uncrated or late freight (LVCC practice)
We estimate every one of these on your proposal, so the total is on paper before you sign.
Ranges shown are all-in 2026 rental prices for design, structure, graphics, installation and dismantle at IWCE; custom builds get their own quote. Get an exact number for IWCE with the booth cost calculator or the 2026 booth cost guide.
Send us your booth size for IWCE and what the space needs to do. A reply within one business day, then a IWCE rendering and fixed proposal, usually within a week. No charge.
Your team walks into a lit, stocked booth. You just show up.
03 Built by Purple
Our booths, designed, built and installed, to compare for IWCE
Case study · KLEEMANN
KLEEMANN at an industrial technology exhibition
Interactive from start to finish: digital simulations and real product showcases for a global elevator manufacturer, on a floor plan that guided visitors from first step to last.
Kleemann needed heavy, technical equipment explained to engineers who buy on specification; IWCE buyers judge radios, antennas and networks the same way.
Read the KLEEMANN case study All case studies →“They handle everything end to end so clients can really just show up and not worry about anything. Doesn’t get any better than that.”
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04 Designing for two-way radio, LMR, broadband push-to-talk, antenna and critical communications brands at IWCE
Four things we get right for IWCE exhibitors
1Let them key the radio
IWCE buyers judge a radio by its weight, buttons and audio. We build tethered radio walls with charging cradles inside, so visitors pick up every model, and a quiet corner where they hear audio quality without the aisle noise.
2Show coverage, not just boxes
LMR, broadband and in-building systems sell on coverage and uptime. We mount a large screen with a live or recorded coverage map of a real territory beside the hardware, so a utility or county buyer sees the network work.
3Two days, so book the meetings
The 2027 hall opens for only seven hours on Wednesday and six on Thursday, after two days of training. We design a meeting room or lounge sized for the agency and dealer appointments your team books ahead.
4Drone and vehicle demos
Drones as First Responders brings a Drone Technology Pavilion and live demonstrations with DRONERESPONDERS and LVMPD. If you show a drone or a vehicle, we plan static display, battery handling and floor protection with the show contractor.
Concept rendering
Your proposal for IWCE includes a rendering like this one
See the IWCE booth in 3D first: layout, graphics, lighting and where products sit, revised until it is right and before any panel is cut. This one is a Purple concept for sensei.
Start my IWCE conceptFloor at a glance
Where you could be at IWCE 2027
IWCE 2027 uses North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, so the hall's layout and links to the rest of the campus shape booth plans and freight.
North Hall
Roughly 409,000 square feet of exhibit space in the LVCC's mid-era wing, joined to Central Hall, where shows lay out dense rows with narrower aisles than West Hall.
Our advice We keep inline back walls at 8 feet unless IWCE's rules allow more, and push radios and screens to the aisle edge.
Central Hall connection
North Hall joins Central Hall by concourse; the LVCC campus also links halls through the underground Vegas Loop.
Our advice Plan staff routes and freight timing from the North Hall docks rather than the West Hall side.
05 Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall · Las Vegas
Logistics for IWCE 2027, handled
IWCE 2027 sits in North Hall, the older LVCC hall joined to Central Hall, where floor plans run dense and aisles narrow. Las Vegas labor rules are strict: a Teamster drives every forklift and pallet jack, and only your own full-time staff may work the booth with hand tools. Purple files as your Exhibitor Appointed Contractor, send crates to the advance warehouse rather than queueing trucks at the marshaling yard, and build from our Las Vegas shop a few miles away, which can reprint a damaged graphic overnight mid-show.
Hall rules, drayage estimates and freight deadlines for the building that hosts IWCE are in our Las Vegas Convention Center exhibitor guide.
What Purple handles
- Tethered radio walls with built-in charging
- Coverage-map screens and quiet audio corners
- EAC paperwork and insurance for North Hall
- Advance warehouse freight and material handling
- Install led by our project manager on the floor
- Storage at our Las Vegas shop between shows
Your IWCE timeline, from move-in back
Design sign-off for IWCE is due by mid-December 2026.
- November 13, 2026IWCE's Super Early Bird registration pricing ends; invite customers before the rate rises.
- Mid-December 2026Design sign-off for radio walls, screens and any meeting room.
- January 2027Production in our Las Vegas shop and Fishkill, NY over 30 to 45 days.
- February 2027EAC form and insurance filed; freight to the advance warehouse.
- Days before March 10Our project manager runs the North Hall install and tests every screen and radio cradle.
- March 10–11, 2027Exhibit days; dismantle after the Thursday 4 p.m. close and back to our Las Vegas storage.
Purple's planning timeline for IWCE. Official move-in, freight target and order deadlines come from your exhibitor kit and assigned schedule; we confirm them against your booth when you book.
Print the IWCE budget & deadline sheetTravel to IWCE 2027
Getting to IWCE 2027: airport and hotels
Fly in
Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
About 4 miles south of the LVCC
Stay
Hotels around the LVCC, including the Westgate on an attached walkway and the Renaissance next door
Find the venue
Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall
3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Travel facts from purpleexhibits.com.
IWCE by the numbers
IWCE year by year
How IWCE 2027 compares with other telecom and wireless shows
The telecom and wireless shows closest to IWCE on the calendar, with the latest size each organizer has published. Each show name opens our telecom and wireless exhibitor guide for that show.
| Show | Dates | City | Latest published size |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTC'27Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) | January 17–20, 2027 | Honolulu, HI | – |
| BICSI WinterBICSI | February 14–18, 2027 | Orlando, FL | 113 companies on the Winter 2027 exhibitor list |
| NTCA RTIMENTCA–The Rural Broadband Association | February 14–17, 2027 | San Diego, CA | 2,000+ attendees · 100+ vendors exhibitors (2026) |
| ISPAMERICAWISPA (Wireless Internet Service Providers Association) | March 1–4, 2027 | Cherokee, NC | 1,500+ attendees · 100+ exhibitors (2025) |
| SATELLITEAccess Intelligence (SATELLITE and GovMilSpace) | March 8–11, 2027 | Washington, DC | 14,738 attendees (2026) |
| IWCEInforma Connect (IWCE) | March 8–11, 2027 | Las Vegas, NV | 3,600+ attendees · 225+ with sponsors exhibitors (2026) |
| ITWtechoraco (Capacity Media events) | May 10–13, 2027 | National Harbor, MD | 120+ exhibitors, per ITW (2027 site) |
| Connect (X)Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) | May 10–12, 2027 | Phoenix, AZ | 3,100 registrants attendees · 238+ sponsoring and exhibiting companies (2026) |
| Dayton HamventionDayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) | May 21–23, 2027 | Xenia, OH | – |
| Fiber ConnectFiber Broadband Association (FBA) | June 13–16, 2027 | Nashville, TN | 5,028 attendees (2026) |
IWCE exhibitor questions
Questions exhibitors ask us before IWCE
What are the IWCE 2027 dates?
IWCE 2027 runs March 8–11, 2027. Training and sessions fill all four days, and the exhibit floor opens for two of them: Wednesday, March 10 from 10 to 5 and Thursday, March 11 from 10 to 4, per IWCE.
Where is IWCE 2027 held?
IWCE 2027 takes North Hall, the northern wing of the LVCC campus a block east of the Strip. North Hall links to Central Hall indoors, and the Monorail has a stop on the convention center campus.
How much does a booth at IWCE cost?
IWCE books space through Informa's exhibit and sponsorship team and does not post a public rate card; its sponsor and exhibitor guide is sent on request. On our side, a 10×20 rental runs $7,500 to $15,000 and a custom 20×20 island $50,000 to $120,000.
How many people attend IWCE?
IWCE counted 3,600+ attendees, 225+ exhibitors and sponsors, 275+ speakers and 1,900+ organizations from 40+ countries at its 2026 show, and 40% of attendees were VPs or C-suite. Its general pages describe 4,000+ critical communications professionals without a year.
Who attends IWCE?
Communications managers and engineers from government, public safety, emergency management, utilities, education, transportation, healthcare and other critical infrastructure, plus the dealers and integrators who sell to them. Many come for the training as well as the floor.
Can we set up our own booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center?
Your own full-time employees can usually assemble a booth with hand tools at the LVCC, but anything rolled or lifted by machine belongs to Teamsters Local 631, ordered via the show contractor. We file the EAC form and insurance about a month ahead so we can build your space.
What does drayage cost at IWCE?
LVCC freight is charged by the hundred pounds with a 200-pound floor per shipment, and uncrated, late or off-target loads cost extra. We crate everything, send one consolidated shipment to the advance warehouse and list the IWCE handling estimate on your proposal.
What is Drones as First Responders at IWCE?
A partnership with DRONERESPONDERS that brings a UAS Program Manager's Course, a Drone Technology Pavilion and live drone demonstrations with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to IWCE. Drone makers can exhibit near the pavilion and the Drone Zone.
What training runs at IWCE 2027?
IWCE offers 125+ sessions, workshops and panels across 13 themes, from LMR and broadband devices to 911 and NG9-1-1, plus 8 multi-day technical courses with ETA International. Registration includes exhibit hall access, keynotes, the Wednesday reception, lunch and an ETA certification exam.
Can exhibitors speak at IWCE?
Sponsors can present on the Critical Comms Spotlight Theater stage, join panels or host Lunch & Learn Roundtables, per Informa's IWCE sponsor page. Product talks in the booth work best with a short bench and a screen we build into the design.
When should we book IWCE registration and a booth?
IWCE's Super Early Bird registration pricing ends November 13, 2026. Booth space has no published deadline, so lock your space now; design sign-off by mid-December 2026 leaves time for a 30 to 45 day build before March.
Can we reuse an IWCE booth at other shows?
Radio walls and coverage screens move well to APCO in Anaheim, the NENA conference and UTC Telecom & Technology in Las Vegas. Between shows the booth stays at our Las Vegas shop, so a Las Vegas show the next year costs no freight to bring it back.
What is IWCE50?
IWCE marks IWCE50 with anniversary celebrations at the 2027 show, alongside its Networking Party and Drinks, Bites & Insights events. A milestone year is a natural moment for a booth refresh or a launch.
What hotels are near the Las Vegas Convention Center for IWCE?
The Westgate connects to the LVCC by an attached walkway and the Renaissance sits next door, per Purple's venue guide. Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) is about 4 miles south of the convention center, so most IWCE teams stay within a short ride of North Hall.
Before you sign for IWCE
Five things to ask every builder quoting IWCE:
- Is each fee on the proposal, even the ones the show contractor bills?
- Who actually builds it for IWCE: your shop or a subcontractor?
- Will your own project manager be at IWCE for install and dismantle?
- What does the rental include, and what is billed by IWCE?
- Where is the booth stored after the show, and at what cost?
Common situations
Already own a booth? Your existing booth gets refreshed graphics and repairs, then we ship it to Las Vegas, install it and store it between shows. You keep the structure you paid for and bring it to IWCE.
Exhibiting from outside the US? For IWCE, we act as your team on the ground: freight to the advance warehouse, show-service orders, installation and storage, and one project manager who answers your emails in your time zone.
Short on time? In two to three weeks, a rental with your graphics can be ready for Las Vegas. On the first call, we tell you what is realistic for IWCE.
Get a proposal
Tell us about your IWCE booth
What happens next
- We reply within one business day with questions about your products, goals and IWCE footprint.
- Within a week, usually, you have a concept rendering and a fixed proposal. Every fee on paper upfront, in full, for your IWCE booth.
- The build takes 30–45 days; we ship to the advance warehouse and install before the hall opens at the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall.
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