2025 Glotel Awards Winners
Congratulations to all of the 2025 Glotel Awards winners and highly commended companies. Please see a full list below, plus all finalists.
You can read the article by Scott Bicheno (Editor of Telecoms.com and Lead Judge) here.
5G Innovation of the Year
Winner
Jio Platforms Ltd.
Finalists:
- Batelco By Beyon
- Helium Mobile
- Radisys, Nokia and Orange
- WaveMaker/Nokia
Advancing Artificial Intelligence
Winner
Rakuten Symphony
Finalists:
- Axiata Digital Labs
- China Telecom and ZTE
- InterDigital
- Sogeti, part of Capgemini
Automation Initiative of the Year
Winner
Mycom and Globe Telecom
Highly commended
VodafoneThree in partnership with Bounteous and n8n
Finalists:
- China Mobile (Liaoning) and Huawei
- Ericsson
- Turkcell and Huawei
Best Application of Agentic AI
Winner
Netcracker
Highly commended
stc and Huawei
Finalists
- AIS
- Amdocs
- AsiaInfo and China Mobile Guangxi
Best Digital Transformation Project
Winner
Viettel AI and Data Services Center
Finalists
- Boldyn Networks
- Qvantel
- Safaricom and Red Hat
- Turkcell
BSS/OSS Modernisation Excellence
Winner
Safaricom Kenya and Huawei
Highly commended
Tecnotree
Finalists
- BT in partnership with Virtusa
- Etiya
- Kansys
Climate Action Initiative of the Year
Winner
Samsung Networks
Highly commended
Vodafone Business Technology
Finalists
- Beyon
- Capgemini Engineering, NOKIA and Google
- China Mobile Henan and Huawei
Connecting the Unconnected
Winner
PT Telkomsel
Finalists
- HFCL
- Mavenir
- Tata Communications
- ZTE
Delighting the Customer
Winner
Telkomsel and Huawei
Highly commended
Aprecomm and ACT Fibernet
Finalists
- Huawei and China Mobile Guangdong
- PT Telkomsel
- Viettel Tanzania
Digital Infrastructure Innovation
Winner
NTT and Chunghwa Telecom
Highly commended
Telstra InfraCo
Finalists
- BT Wholesale
- China Telecom Global
- SONiC Foundation
Driving Digital Transformation
Winner
vHive
Highly commended
Quantexa
Finalists
- B'yond Platforms
- BT in partnership with Infosys
- Vail Systems
Enterprise Solution Excellence
Winner
AsiaInfo, China Telecom Hainan, and CHN Energy Hainan
Highly commended
Singtel
Finalists
- Ericsson and DNB
- Nomad eSIM
- SK Telecom
Fixed Network Evolution
Winner
Turkcell
Highly commended
KT
Finalists
- HGC Global Communications
- LF Broadband
- Netcracker
Groundbreaking Digital Services
Winner
Comviva
Finalists
- Bango
- B'yond Platforms
- China Mobile Guangdong and Huawei
- TransUnion
IoT Initiative of the Year
Winner
PT Telkomsel
Highly commended
China Mobile International
Finalists
- 450connect and Comarch
- China Telecom Global
- Singtel
Managed Services Mastery
Winner
ZTE
Finalists
- Netcracker
- Singtel
Most Innovative Cloud Offering
Winner
Wind River
Finalists
- Turkcell, Red Hat, and Odine
- Virgin Media O2
MVNO Solution of the Year
Winner
Netcracker
Highly commended
Lifecycle Software
Finalists
- 6D Technologies
- Optiva
- Tecnotree
Operator Excellence
Winner
stc
Finalists
- IOH
- KT
- Paradise Mobile
- Turknet
Outstanding RAN Innovation
Winner
Capgemini Engineering and NVIDIA
Highly commended
SK Telecom and AWS
Finalists
- Ericsson and Telstra
- InterDigital
- ZTE
Project Delivery Perfection
Winner
HFCL
Finalists
- Freshwave and Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
- Netcracker
- Telefonica Vivo & Huawei
Security Solution of the Year
Winner
Ericsson and DNB
Highly commended
Huawei and China Mobile
Finalists
- Jio Platforms
- Proximus Global
- SK Telecom
Telecoms Marketing Team of the Year
Winner
Telecable
Finalists
- Telkom and Huawei
- Telkomsel and Huawei
Telecoms Excellence
Winner
Freshwave
Finalists
- Cohere Technologies
- Huawei & China Mobile Jiangsu
- stc Bahrain
- Turkcell TV+ and Huawei