Telecom & Connectivity

Network X Americas 2026

Network X Americas 2026 brings together leaders, innovators, and strategists from across the North American telecom ecosystem to explore the next decade of connectivity. The event covers topics like AI-native infrastructure, convergence of mobile, fixed, Wi-Fi and satellite networks, and real-world applications of AI in telecom. Attendees will engage with cu…

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8Speakers
30Sponsors
30Exhibitors
53Sessions
36Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Network, in alphabetical order.

Arielle Roth
Administrator · NTIA
Egil Gronstad
Senior Director, Technology Development and Strategy · T-Mobile USA
Elad Nafshi
EVP & Chief Network Officer · Comcast Cable
Mitch Olson
VP, Corporate Strategy · AT&T
Nate Edwards
Chief Operating Officer · Optimum
Praveen Atreya
VP - Technology Development and Network Planning · Verizon
Shawn Hakl
SVP, Business Product · AT&T
Yigal Elbaz
SVP, Technology & Network Services, Network CTO · AT&T

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Airties
Amdocs
Asia RF
Bitdefender
Boingo Wireless
C3Spectra
Cambium Networks
Cisco
Eleven Software
Ericsson
Gigamon
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
IBM
Intel
Iron Wifi
JMA Wireless
Motive
NetExperience
NetScout Systems, Inc.
Ookla
OpenSignal
Radcom
Samsung
Silicon Laboratories
Tarana Wireless
Tech Mahindra
Tejas Networks
uplink
Wavelo
Wyebot

Agenda

Selected from 53 sessions.

  • 10:00am - 10:15am

    WBA Keynote - OpenRoaming: The Global Standard for Seamless Connectivity

    Network X Americas & WGC Americas Joint Keynotes
  • 10:15am - 10:30am

    Operator Keynote - Technology evolution for multi-purpose networks

    Network X Americas & WGC Americas Joint Keynotes
  • 10:30am - 11:00am

    Keynote Panel Discussion – AI-powered enterprise: Scaling B2B services in the age of AI

    Network X Americas & WGC Americas Joint Keynotes
  • 11:30am - 11:35am

    Chair's welcome address

    Mobile Networks Path to AI-Native
  • 11:30am - 12:30pm

    VIP Roundtable: Private Networking Adoption of AI

    Invitation only session. Pre-register via your VIP contact.

    VIP Roundtables - By invitation only
  • 11:35am - 11:40am

    Three minute mingles

    Mobile Networks Path to AI-Native
  • 11:40am - 12:00pm

    Enterprise & edge wireless - Digital transformation with converged wireless infrastructure

    WGC Americas Day 2
  • 11:40am - 12:00pm

    Service Provider Address - TELUS' rapid progress towards a 100% Open and Virtual Radio Access Network

    Mobile Networks Path to AI-Native
  • 11:50am - 12:10pm

    Fireside chat - Cloud-native automation: From composable to autonomous

    Cloud, Edge & Access for AI
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 36 companies show up, and 30 bet on three roles at once?

36 companies. 30 are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
30All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
6Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Airties·Amdocs·Asia RF·Bitdefender·Boingo Wireless·C3Spectra·Cambium Networks·Cisco·Eleven Software·Ericsson·Gigamon·Hewlett Packard Enterprise·IBM·Intel·Iron Wifi·JMA Wireless·Motive·NetExperience·NetScout Systems, Inc.·Ookla·Opensignal·Radcom

Speakers by seniority

88% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite338%
  • VP-level338%
  • Director / Head of113%
  • Other roles113%

Of 8 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AirtiesSponsorExhibitor-
2AmdocsSponsorExhibitor-
3Asia RFSponsorExhibitor-
4BitdefenderSponsorExhibitor-
5Boingo WirelessSponsorExhibitor-
6C3SpectraSponsorExhibitor-
7Cambium NetworksSponsorExhibitor-
8CiscoSponsorExhibitor-
9Eleven SoftwareSponsorExhibitor-
10EricssonSponsorExhibitor-
11GigamonSponsorExhibitor-
12Hewlett Packard EnterpriseSponsorExhibitor-
13IBMSponsorExhibitor-
14IntelSponsorExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified30
100% of 30
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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