Awards

This award recognises the efforts of an optical transport vendor company going above and beyond to provide all-round integration support and long-term engagement to ensure solution success.

Judges' key criteria

• Technology innovation
• Commitment to customers
• Management tools
• Costs & pricing
• Service & support
• Commitment to the customer

Nomination information

1. Name of company
2. Please provide a description of the company being nominated in relation to how they support overall customer needs (max 200 words)
3. Please provide a short use case of the support that the company being nominated has provided and what support end-to-end has translated into business benefits (max 200 words)
4. Convince me - what is the one reason (one sentence) why this nomination should win this award?

This award recognises the efforts of a 5G transport vendor, working in the 5G xHaul including fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul, going above and beyond to provide support to ensure solution success and optimized connections

Judges' key criteria

• Technology innovation
• Commitment to customers
• Management tools
• Costs & pricing
• Service & support

Nomination information

1. Name of company
2. Please provide a description of the company being nominated in relation to how they support overall the industry development (max 200 words)
3. Please provide a short use case of the support that the company being nominated has provided and what support end-to-end has translated into business benefits (max 200 words)
4. Convince me - what is the one reason (one sentence) why this nomination should win this award?

This award recognises a product, solution or application, tried and tested for being ground-breaking in the industry.

Judges' key criteria

• Technology innovation
• Commitment to customers
• Management tools
• Costs & pricing
• Service & support
• Commitment to the customer

Nomination information

1. Name of solution/application/production & company
2. Please provide a short description of how the subject nominated is 'game-changing' - how is it changing up existing practises/applications, what warrants it to be 'game-changing'?
3. What are the next steps/roll out plan?
4. Convince me in one sentence - why should this nomination win the award?

This award recognizes the service provider that has shaken up the industry through innovation, and is making headlines in the right way.

Judges' key criteria

• Innovation
• Long-term viability
• R&D
• Dedication to network transformation

Nomination information

1. Name of the carrier/operator being nominated
2. Please provide a short description of the ground-breaking steps that this carrier/operator has taken to prepare for long-term change (max 200 words)
3. Please provide a short description of how this carrier/operator may be resilient to an anticipated challenge through the steps it has taken (max 200 words)
4. Convince me - what is the one reason (one sentence) why this nomination should win this award?

This award recognizes an individual that has gone over and beyond in successful endeavours in whatever niche of the optical networks field they work in.

Nominees have been submitted, and it's the people's choice as to who wins!