2024 AWARDS CATEGORIES

Awarded to the company (public or private) that stands out from its competitors, innovates constantly, has a track record of earnings stability and has the potential to outperform the market.

Awarded to the senior executive who has demonstrated decisive leadership, good judgement and has stood out in the past year as someone who made an unmistakable difference in their company or business unit.

Awarded to the company that has launched the most innovative new product or solution to enable the delivery or enhance the user experience of high-speed broadband access.

Awarded to the service provider, cloud provider or vendor that has launched the most innovative cloud-native, communications-focused product or service during the past year.

Awarded to the optical systems vendor or optical components vendor that has provided the most innovative optical networking solution for service provider or webscale customers. 

Awarded to the vendor with the most innovative radio access network (RAN) product or solution that was either launched or significantly improved during the past year. 

Awarded to the vendor that has launched the most innovative hardware- or software-based routing and switching solution for network operators, enterprises, cloud networks or data center applications.

Awarded to the vendor providing the most innovative transport solution for service provider customers. The range of applications could include satellite backhaul, microwave, mobile network fronthaul and backhaul, as well as traditional telecom WDM. 

Awarded to the vendor providing the most innovative solution that helps CSPs evolve and improve their IT back office (OSS/BSS/CX), making their networks more efficient and allowing them to deliver a better customer experience.

Awarded to the systems vendor with the most innovative new solution that aids communications service providers in network testing, measurement, monitoring or assurance.

Awarded to the company that is using artificial intelligence or machine learning in an innovative way to improve network performance, customer service or business operations.

Awarded to the company or institution presenting the best example of how it is successfully working to broaden access and reduce the barriers to affordable Internet connectivity for underserved communities.

Awarded to the company that used its communications technology or network to deliver a superior experience to business, consumer or government customers.

Awarded to vendor or service provider presenting the most compelling use case of how they are working to modernize themselves or a customer with some kind of digtial transformation. 

Awarded to the service provider or vendor presenting the most compelling example of how it is helping a businesses, organization or municipality improve with innovative Internet of Things devices and services.

Awarded to the company presenting the most interesting use case where they've used new technology to reduce the time it takes to set up, deploy, integrate, scale or secure network infrastructure, network services or applications. 

Awarded to the company that has helped a network operator improve the energy efficiency of its networks by retiring or consolidating infrastructure, using modern software and equipment, adopting more data-driven operations and more.

Awarded to the company that can articulate a compelling example of how it delivered edge computing solutions – either network or customer-facing. 

Awarded to the company that can share the most compelling example of building and/or operating a private wireless network on behalf of a corporate or municipal customer.

Awarded to the company with an outstanding example of a successful RAN deployment for a service provider network.