So we already know who the CEOs of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) and Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC) are backing in this year's FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa. (See World Cup Fever and 2010 World Cup Predictions.)

And courtesy of Michael O'Hara, CMO at the GSM Association (GSMA) , we know it'll be a while before the Irish can move on from the Hand of Henry.

Now we want to know which team you -- yes, you -- think will win the coveted trophy.

What, I hear some of you ask, has this got to do with the development of the global communications industry?

Absolutely nothing (say it again)... so enjoy!

Let's see if Light Reading's readers are descendants of Nostradamus or can't see further than the end of their collective nose.

VOTE NOW!!!

— Ray Le Maistre, International Managing Editor, Light Reading