2024 Press & Analysts

MEF was honored to welcome a dynamic group of media and analyst partners to GNE 2024. Their expertise and collaboration were invaluable to the event, enriching the program by moderating panels and emceeing sessions.

GNE Media Partners

A select group of leading service provider, enterprise, and security publications—promoted the event, conducted on-site interviews, and delivered timely updates and articles, ensuring comprehensive coverage of GNE.

1 June–15 November 2024:

1.4K Media Mentions of GNE 2024
138 Standalone Articles
92% Positive Sentiment of Articles

TechStrong’s Podcast | Leadership Insights: NaaS is Key to Digital Transformation

Network Computing | MEF Conference Highlights NaaS Progress 

Network World | MEF has a vision for NaaS

Dark Reading | 15 Leading Technology and Service Providers Achieve SASE Certification

SDxCentral | MEF announces 2025 NaaS Industry Blueprint to advance network services

Light Reading | Automating the optical layer

Telecom Review Americas | Automation and APIs: Key Drivers for the Network Ecosystem

Lightwave | MEF enhances effort to attract enterprise, smaller carrier members to the NaaS ecosystem

Converge | Carrier NaaS24: Driving API Automation and Enterprise Engagement

GNE Analyst Partners

Who track, publish, and forecast insights on digital transformation, advanced communications, and the evolution of NaaS—shared their industry expertise with attendees and judged the NaaS Excellence Awards.

Analyst Reports from GNE:

Appledore | MEF Global NaaS Event (GNE) 2024 | Grant Lenahan

Analysys Mason | Aspiring NaaS providers must invest in their multi-cloud networking and API-based automation capabilities | Gorkem Yigit and Joseph Attwood

Frost & Sullivan | Growth Perspectives: Key Takeaways from the MEF Global NaaS Event 2024 | Steve Thomas

Interested in Attending GNE 2025?

Press and analysts interested in attending the next GNE, please contact:

Amy Foschetti
MEF PR Executive
amy@mef.net 

Our 2024 Media & Analyst Partners

Light Reading

Light Reading

Light Reading is the renowned global B2B media platform, providing the latest news, opinion and analysis for the global telecom industry. Light Reading’s team of expert journalists and analysts delivers updates on the most important developments in the telecom...

Telecom Review

Telecom Review

Telecom Review Group, a combination of media platforms and events specialized in the ICT industry, founded its flagship media Telecom Review in 2005. Today, Telecom Review editions are the leading global ICT media platforms covering the industry’s updates in the...

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10–12 November 2025 | Dallas, Texas, USA

At GNE 2024, the seniority, expertise and influence of the attendees was impressively high, especially in terms of senior CSP management. This is an event where real decisions are made, real influencers are everywhere, and real answers can be found.

Grant Lenahan

Appledore Research Group, Partner & Principal Analyst

Participating in the MEF NaaS event is a yearly highlight, offering a unique opportunity to engage with industry executives dedicated to advancing network services. I take great pride in returning each year to share ideas on the future of networking.

Steve Thomas

Frost & Sullivan, Senior Industry Director

The consistency of experience, experience of the organizers, the quality of the participating community—it’s fantastic.

Brian Washburn

Omdia, Research Director, Service Provider, Enterprise & Wholesale