Light Reading Names Leading Lights Award Winners

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the largest research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace, last week announced the winners for the 2011 edition of the communication industry's top awards program, the Leading Lights Awards.  The complete winners list can be found online at http://www.lightreading.com/winners2011.

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The Leading Lights winners and Light Reading Hall of Fame inductees were announced at an Awards Dinner at Hudson Terrace (www.hudsonterracenyc.com) in New York City during Light Reading's annual Ethernet Expo Americas. Photos of the event can be found at http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=214547.

Light Reading received hundreds of nominations for the Leading Lights Awards. "The winners, taken together, give a clear idea of where the industry is headed and how quickly the way we communicate is evolving," says Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief at Light Reading. "The finalists and winners should be especially proud that, at a time when so much is happening, they were able to earn the praise of Light Reading's editorial staff and its top sources."

The award categories for 2011 include Best New Product (Cable), Best New Product (Mobile), Best New Product (Telecom), Best New Service or Application (Cable), Best New Service or Application (Mobile), Best New Service or Application (Telecom), Company of the Year (Private), Company of the Year (Public), and Best Deal Maker.

In the category of Company of the Year (Public), Qualcomm Inc. was selected as the publicly listed firm that stands out among its competitors, innovates constantly, makes investors proud, and makes employees happy. For the rest of the Leading Lights winners, please visit: http://www.lightreading.com/winners2011

Finalists for each award category were announced in October and can be found here: http://www.lightreading.com/finalists2011

Light Reading's next event in its Ethernet Series will be Ethernet Europe, scheduled for April 17-18, 2012 in Munich, Germany, and collocated with MEF's Quarterly Member Meeting.

Press Contact:
Jennifer Baker
Marketing Director, Light Reading Communications Network
617 871 1910
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About Light Reading (www.lightreading.com)

Light Reading 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 300,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile and wireline executives across five continents. As part of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com), Light Reading leverages the industry's most trusted telecom research brands, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, to contribute to the only integrated business information platform serving the $4 trillion global communications industry.

About Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com)

The Light Reading Communications Network combines the most trusted telecom research brands with award-winning online communities and a rich events portfolio to deliver the only integrated business information platform serving the global communications industry.  With the power of this platform, leaders who build, deploy, finance and regulate next-generation telecom networks are able to make more informed decisions on emerging market and service opportunities. The Light Reading Communications Network is a division of UBM TechWeb (www.ubmtechweb.com), the global leader in technology media and business information.  

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