We are witnessing a paradigm shift in networking where the end-user demands and cloud-computing-based service paradigms are influencing evolving network architectures, system designs, and service delivery models, around the concept of network function virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN). Over-the-Top (OTT) players, consumer electronic vendors, IT providers, and third party software developers have entered the service-delivery value chain fostering an open environment which is challenging the hegemony of traditional network operators. IT & telecom, hitherto distinct domains, are now spoken of as ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) symbolizing the close inter-working of these disciplines in the emerging service delivery architectures. The topics cover various areas of interests in wireline networks, wireless networks and network applications.