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2026 Glotel Awards Finalists
Congratulations to this year's finalists
We are delighted to announce the finalists for the 2026 Glotel Awards - please see the full list below.
With an extremely high standard of entries, your success is well-deserved.
View Editor Scott Bicheno's full article here.
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5G Innovation of the Year
Finalists:
- AxyomCore - AxyomCore Cloud Native 5G Core
- China Mobile Jiangsu & ZTE - “First-Class” 5G Service Initiative
- Jio Platform - 5G Cloud Native Standalone Combo Core with Multi-User FWA and Quantum-Safe Security
- LotusFlare - LotusFlare API Monetization Platform
- Turkcell - Programmable 5G for AI-Powered Road Safety
Advancing to 6G - NEW
Finalists:
- Capgemini - Advanced Edge Computing and Network AI in the 6G-XR
- e& UAE - Middle East's First 6G Terahertz Pilot
- stc - Leading Business Case Development for 5G and 6G
- Turkcell - Commercializing ISAC Today
Automation Initiative of the Year
Finalists:
- Ericsson & True - AI Driven Autonomous Fiber Network Fault Management
- Mavenir - Agentic Service Assurance Framework
- Mobily & Huawei - AI-Driven Network Automation
- Netcracker - Netcracker and GFiber: Automating Next-Gen Network Complexity
- SK Telecom - AI-RAN-powered Autonomous Vehicle Marshalling
Best Application of Agentic AI
Finalists:
- BT - Autonomous Multi Play Service and Network Operations
- Capgemini - Multi-Agent Anomaly Detection Application
- Infovista - VistAI
- Netcracker - Netcracker Agentic AI Solution
- Verizon Wireless - Project ATLAS & COLE
Best Digital Transformation Project
Finalists:
- China Mobile Henan & Huawei - Innovative Application Practices of AI + Intelligent Operation Platforms
- Omantel - Autonomous Anomaly Resolution Programme
- Telkomsel - Product Merchandising for Assisted Commerce
- Turkcell - ATMOSFER
- Vodafone & Celfocus - OneX: Building Vodafone’s Next-Generation Experience
BSS/OSS Modernization Excellence
Finalists:
- BT & Virtusa - Cloud Autofix an Open Source ITSM platform
- China Mobile Jiangsu & Huawei - China Mobile Jiangsu’s Next-Generation Agentic BSS
- Lifecycle Software - NEXUS IQ
- Netcracker & du - Architectural Excellence Drives Business Agility
- Tecnotree - Tecnotree OnBiller
Climate Action Initiative of the Year
Finalists:
- Beyon - Green Energy Program
- China mobile Heilongjiang & Huawei - Green and simplified reconstruction based on comprehensive service area planning
- Ericsson and Airtel - Automated Software-Driven Carbon Reduction Program across 5G Network
- KT - ES-Operation Hub
- MTN South Africa & ZTE - EnergyTurbo
Connecting the Unconnected
Finalists:
- Jusan Mobile - 329 Rural Settlements
- Lumitel - Lumitel Digital for Life
- TKP - Internet Rakyat
- Trustonic - Trustonic Telecoms Platform
- Welchman Keen - Economic Micro-Hub
Delighting the Customer
Finalists:
- AVOXI - Global Voice Platform with Proactive Service
- e& UAE - Virtual Technician for Customer Operations
- Maroc Telecom - AI-Powered Churn Prediction
- Turkcell - Transforming the Customer Lifecycle with Multiple Experience Intelligence
- Zain Jordan - Delighting Customers Through Intelligent Transformation
Developing Artificial Intelligence
Finalists:
- AIS & Huawei - Agentic Customer Experience Assurance solution
- AsiaInfo & China Mobile Hubei - AsiaInfo Autonomous Network Ontology Platform
- Tecnotree - Model-as-a-Service Tokenomics
- Turkcell - AI-Driven Smart Capex
- ZTE & China Mobile Zhejiang - NetOpt Hunter
Digital Infrastructure Innovation
Finalists:
- Deutsche Telekom - Most energy efficient Core on Horizontal Telco Cloud
- EAF - The Federal Government’s New Communications Infrastructure
- Singtel Digital InfraCo - DICo platform and RE:AI Sovereign AI Cloud Service
- SONiC Foundation - SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud)
- Technetix - Mira ORCA ONU
Driving Digital Transformation
Finalists:
- Coop Mobile - Coop Mobile Channel Islands
- JazzWorld & Huawei - Pulse: AI-Driven digital service development platform
- Rakuten Symphony - Rakuten Intelligent Operations
- Telenet Business & Red Hat - Telenet Business Sovereign Private Cloud Transformation
- Telkomsel - SIFA - Telkomsel's Digital Operating Platform
Enterprise Solution Excellence
Finalists:
- Aquablue - Aquablue Global Aggregation
- China Telecom Global - Cross-Border Quantum SD-WAN Solution
- Helium - HeliumOS
- Samsung Networks - Samsung Network in a Server
- Singtel - Scaling AI adoption with Singtel CUBΣ
Fixed Network Evolution
Finalists:
- HKT - HKT’s AI Transport Network
- KT - Next-Gen FTTH Redundancy
- RtBrick - RtBrick’s Multiservice Edge Routing Software
- stc & Huawei - stc Fixed Agentic O&M
- Virgin Media Business Wholesale - Project Spark
Groundbreaking Digital Services
Finalists:
- Singtel - SingVerify and Trusted Call
- Telinta - Virtual Office AI
- Telkomsel - Enterprise+ Sehat
IoT Innovation
Finalists:
- Crout - 2CoreSIM
- Mavenir - Full-Stack NTN Platform
- Singtel - Singtel Global IoT Connectivity
MVNO Solution of the Year
Finalists:
- Amdocs - Legia Mobile - New MVNO using Amdocs ConnectX Platform
- eSIM Go - eSIM Go
- Helium - HeliumOS
- Lifecycle Software - Nexus MVNE platform
- Proximus Global - Konera
Operator Excellence
Finalists:
- Deutsche Telekom - Horizontal TelCo Cloud
- Mobily - AI-Driven Network Automation
- RETN - Building the Global Network of Tomorrow
- Turkcell - Tackling CLI Spoofing Scams Through Industry Collaboration
- Turknet - Turknet Operator Excellence Model
Outcome-driven Operations Initiative of the Year - NEW
Finalists:
- China Mobile Guangdong & Huawei - Value- and experience-driven intelligent network planning solution
- PLDT & Amdocs - Outcome-Driven Autonomous Network Operations
- Radcom - Neura
- Turkcell - Roaming Analytics Dashboard
- Zain Jordan - Zain "FTTR for All" + Intelligent Operations
Outstanding RAN Innovation
Finalists:
- Cohere Technologies - Pulsone Multi-G for Mission Critical ISAC
- Ericsson & Optus - AI-Native 5G RAN
- Mavenir - dApp-Driven AI RAN Scheduler for Non-Terrestrial Networks
- Virgin Media O2 - O2 Gigasite
- Wind River - Private Cloud Suite
Security Solution of the Year
Finalists:
- Allot - OffNetSecure
- First Orion - SENTRY Call Blocking
- Genie Networks - AI-powered Network Security
- stc Bahrain - Cyber Defence Centre
- Turkcell - Post Quantum Cryptography
Seizing the Satellite Opportunity - NEW
Finalists:
- Capgemini - Intelligent Beam Hopping Solution
- China Telecom Global - Tiantong Direct-to-Phone Satellite Service
- Netcracker - Digital Satellite Solution
- Rakuten Symphony - Rakuten Site Management
- Skylo Technologies - 5G NR-NTN RAN & voice gateway
Telecoms Excellence
Finalists:
- China Telecom Global - Saudi Monorail Communication System Integration
- Ericsson & True - AI Based Customer Experience Analysis and Insights
- Graystone Strategy - Graystone Strategy
- Huawei - SmartCare Intelligence
- stc - Technology Strategy Framework
