Light Reading's Big Communications Event Returns to Austin May 14-16

New York, NY, Jan. 09, 2018 -- Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is heading back to Austin, Texas, for the fifth-annual Big Communications Event (www.bigcommunicationsevent.com) on May 14-16. The Big Communications Event (BCE) is Light Reading's flagship event and the next-gen communications industry's meeting point to discuss the major changes affecting its future.

BCE brings telecom experts from around the globe to network, tap the wisdom of the telecom crowd and see live demos of the very latest solutions to their most pressing business challenges. The conference and expo covers the industry's most pressing topics including automation, edge computing, intent-based networking, artificial intelligence, cloud-native software, advanced security strategies and the coming onslaught of 5G.

The event features two days of keynotes, panels, research presentations, exhibitions and more. This year's agenda topics include:

· Advanced security strategies

· AI and machine learning

· Automation

· Cloud-native software

· Intent-based networking

· Optical networking

· Telco data center

· Video and immersive experiences

· SD-WAN

To view the full BCE 2018 agenda, click here.

"Service providers are facing more than just speed bumps on the road to virtualization and network automation. Barriers to vendor interoperability, standards slowdowns and the struggle to secure skilled talent are just a few of the challenges operators ace in competing with web-scale giants, meeting unprecedented network capacity demands and transitioning from legacy to virtualized networks," says Ray Le Maistre, Light Reading's International Group Editor. "BCE is must-attend event that cuts through the noise and captures the industry's progress on multiple fronts, based on our unique cast of Heavy Reading experts and Light Reading editors."

For the second year in a row, BCE is co-located with the 5G North America event. 5G North America brings together leading carriers, content providers, solution providers and the enterprise IoT market to determine and define requirements, visions and expectations for 5G networks.

BCE also features a series of pre-conference workshops on Monday, May 14. This includes the annual Women in Comms luncheon and workshop, a free-to-attend event for all men and women in the telecommunication, STEM and IT fields. More details to come on Women in Comms and other pre-conference workshops.

The Big Communications Event is sponsored by Platinum Sponsor Huawei; Gold Sponsors ADVA, Canoga Perkins, Intraway, Metaswitch, RAD, Sandvine and Versa Networks; Silver Sponsor Luxoft; and demo sponsors Bai Cells, Lanner, Omnitron, Parallel Wireless and Trend Micro. Women in Comms at BCE is sponsored by Presenting Partner VMware and Silver Sponsor Fujitsu.

Super-early bird rates are available through February 16. To register to attend, click here.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available; contact [email protected]. For speaking, workshop and partnership opportunities, contact [email protected].

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About Light Reading

Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for telecom analysis for more than 400,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day and two-day conferences each year for cable, mobile and wireline executives.

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