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Global Telecoms Awards

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2026 Glotel Awards Finalists

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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.

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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