Open source. It's a term that gets heads up from screens and bums moving on seats when it's aired in a telco room with more than one person in it.
Some see it as the key to an automated, orchestrated future. Others see it as a distraction that has held back communications networking virtualization developments during the past few years.
But what's the reality? As ever, somewhere in-between. So where are telcos actually gaining an advantage from open source developments and practices?
That's what I'm going to talk about with a great group of industry executives during a keynote panel discussion at this year's Big Communications Event (BCE) at the Austin Convention Center on May 15.
I'll be joined by:
As you can see we have representatives from the key parts of the food chain, all with first-hand experience of the topic and all ready to share their views and insights.
— Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading
This is an edited version of a story that was originally published on Telco Transformation's sister site, Light Reading. To see the full story, click here.