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2023 Leading Lights Winners and Finalists

Congratulations to the 2023 winners and finalists in The Leading Lights Awards.

Watch the video presentation and recap here. 

Most Innovative 5G Core Deployment

Winner

  • KT 

Finalists

  • Hughes, an EchoStar Company

  • Cisco Systems

  • SK Telecom

Most Innovative RAN Product or Solution

Winner

  • Freshwave – with The City of London

Finalists

  • Samsung

  • Intel

  • Cohere Technologies

  • Juniper Networks – with Vodafone, Parallel Wireless and Aira Technologies

  • Marvell

  • Red Hat – with NVIDIA

  • ZTE

  • Netcracker

  • Jio Platforms

Outstanding Use Case: IoT

Winner

  • Comcast's MachineQ

Finalists

  • 6D Technologies

  • Mavenir – with Deutsche Telekom IoT GmbH

  • Singtel

  • Keysight

Outstanding Use Case: Networked Edge

Winner

  • World Wide Technology

Finalists

  • Nokia

  • Spectrum Enterprise

  • SK Telecom – with BICS, Samsung Electronics and AWS

  • ZTE – with Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp. (WISCO)

Outstanding Use Case: Private Wireless Networks

Winner

  • ZTE

Finalists

  • Celona

  • China Telecom Americas

  • BICS – with Airbus

  • Boldyn Networks – with Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

Wireless Technology Vendor of the Year

Winner

  • Amdocs

Finalists

  • AMD

  • Extenet

  • Tarana Wireless

Light Reading MVPs

Winners

  • Maryam Rofougaran, CEO, Movandi

  • Jezzibell Gilmore, Chief Commercial Officer, Connectbase

Finalists

  • Carl Guardino, VP of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Tarana Wireless

  • Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist, Arelion

  • Dr. Loi Nguyen, EVP, Optical and Copper Connectivity Group, Marvell

  • Mike Finley, CEO, Boingo

  • Jack Raynor, Co-chair, Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi


Company of the Year (Private)

Winner

  • Tarana Wireless

Finalists

  • Celona

  • Zayo Group

  • MATRIXX Software

  • IP Infusion

  • Cohere Technologies

  • Federated Wireless

  • World Wide Technology (WWT) 

  • Arrcus

  • ATX Networks

Company of the Year (Public)

Winner

  • Tejas Networks

Finalists

  • RADCOM

  • Amdocs

  • Keysight

  • SiTime

  • Vecima Networks

  • Fortinet

Outstanding Use Case: Customer Experience

Winner

  • Sandvine

Finalists

  • 6D Technologies

  • Optiva

  • Mirada

  • Lifecycle Software

  • JMA Wireless

  • Whale Cloud – with DITO Telecommunity

  • Freshwave – with Three UK

Best Public-Private Partnership

Winner

  • Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi – with Dublin City Council, ThinkWiFi and Mawingu

Finalists

  • Consolidated Communications and the Maine Connectivity Authority (MCA)

  • Cradlepoint and The City of Peachtree Corners, Georgia

  • Cradlepoint and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)

Digital Equity All-Stars

Winner

  • Tarana Wireless

Finalists

  • Calix

  • World Wide Technology

  • Ribbon

  • Tarana Wireless

  • Ookla

  • Render Networks

Broadband Service Provider of the Year

Winner

  • Frontier Communications

Finalists

  • Ogi – with Nokia

Most Innovative Broadband Access Solution

Winner

  • Infinera

Finalists

  • Kontron

  • DZS

  • Vecima Networks

  • Mavenir – with Quickline Communications

  • Radisys

  • Calix

Outstanding Use Case: Consumer Broadband Deployment

Winner

  • Render Networks

Finalists

  • Juniper Networks – with NEC and Tele Columbus AG

  • Zyxel Communications – with DIGI Spain

  • LotusFlare – with Globe Telecom

Outstanding Use Case: Home Network Intelligence

Winner

  • DZS – with TalkTalk Group

Finalists

  • CUJO AI

  • Nokia

  • Incognito Software Systems

Outstanding Use Case: AI/Machine Learning

Winner

  • EnterpriseWeb

Finalists

  • ZTE

  • Plume

  • Cox Communications

  • P.I. Works – with Turkcell

  • RADCOM

  • Juniper Networks

  • Mavenir

  • Comviva

Outstanding Use Case: Network and Service Automation

Winner

  • stc (Saudi Telecom Company)

Finalists

  • MYCOM OSI

  • Console Connect

  • Amdocs – with VodafoneZiggo

  • EnterpriseWeb

  • TransUnion

  • IBM – with BT Business

  • Federated Wireless – with California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

Most Innovative Cloud Product or Service

Winner

  • Juniper Networks

Finalists

  • Witbe

  • Netcracker

  • Mavenir

  • A10 Networks

  • Rakuten Symphony

  • Amdocs

Most Innovative Optical Networking Product

Winner

  • Fujitsu Network Communications

Finalists

  • Fujitsu Network Communications

  • CommScope

  • Ciena

  • Marvell

  • Infinera

  • Nokia

  • Ribbon

  • Radisys

Most Innovative Routing and Switching Solution

Winner

  • Ciena

Finalists

  • Nokia

  • Cisco

  • Arista

  • Juniper

  • KYRIO

  • Lumentum

  • DriveNets

  • Arrcus

  • Varnish Software

Most Innovative Cable Network Technology

Winner

  • Technetix Group Ltd

Finalists

  • Vecima Networks

  • ATX Networks

  • OpenVault