Light Reading Inc. is a telecommunications industry information company based in New York City.

[6] Future plans for the company were said to include "bulking up the staff and changing up its media pricing"[7]—according to Saunders, "with much of the overhead that a larger corporate structure imposes now gone, he will apply that savings to expanding staff and infrastructure as well as adjusting customer pricing downward.

[8] In June 2014, Light Reading launched an annual summit for the telecommunications industry, the Big Telecom Event (BTE).

The event was held in Chicago, and gathered "important figures in the industry together to discuss progress, problems, and what’s on the horizon as technology continues to develop at a rapid pace.

"[9] Unusually, for an industry convention, the event included no exhibitors and no show floor; rather, "BTE provided an 'Innovation Zone' where more than 60 companies gave hands-on demos in turnkey booths.