26 April 2023
Open RAN World Awards
Recognising achievements and innovation across the Open RAN ecosystem
Key dates
Entries Open: Monday 20th March
Entries Close: Tuesday 11th April
Winners Announced: Wednesday 26th April
Operator Award
People’s Choice Award: Open RAN Influencer of the Year
The Open RAN 2023 People's Choice Award will recognise the outstanding achievements of an individual working in the mobile telecommunications industry. The award celebrates an exemplary professional who is a true guru in the industry, able to influence the current developments in Open RAN.
This award is free-to-enter and the winner will be selected from shortlisted candidates by a public vote.
In your nomination, please include projects, achievements and milestones the nominated individual has overseen over the past year in developing Open RAN (150 words max).
Vendor Award Categories
Best Automation Solution in Open RAN
The award recognises the best automation solution in Open RAN that has delivered measurable rewards for the operator using advanced automation solutions/machine learning technology.
The judges will look for examples of where the solution has been deployed and what the measurable benefits have been for the network, the service provider and their customers.
Who should enter this category:
Entries to this category are open to solution providers
Please respond to the below questions:
- Name of the entry (10 words max)
- Summary of the entry (100 words max)
- Describe the solution in relation to the benefits it brings to the service providers, network or service provider customers. Please provide concrete examples and statistics with your entry (300 words max)
Best Performance Solution in Open RAN
This award recognises the best solution to accelerate Open RAN performance. Companies should be able to demonstrate/showcase user case study where the solution has been used and share details of why & how it’s been successful and what characteristics makes this technology unique.
Who should enter this category:
This award category accepts entries from solution providers
Please respond to the below questions:
- Name of the entry (10 words max)
- Summarise the entry (100 words max)
- Describe the solution in relation to its position in the market (300 words max)
- Describe how this product will prove most impactful towards Open RAN performance (300 words max)
Best Cloud Solution in Open RAN
This award recognises the best cloud-native solution that is enabling a virtualised network strategy for service providers. The judges will look for examples of how cloud-architectures are providing new opportunities for service delivery, for details of scaling the strategy and for flexibility Open RAN requires.
Who should enter this category:
Entries to this category are open to solution providers who supported a service provider in their cloud strategy Open RAN projects.
Please respond to the below questions:
- Name of the entry (10 words)
- An outline of the entry (100 words max)
- Description of the strategy and what constitutes it ground-breaking (300 words max)
- Describe the strategy in relation to the benefits it brings service provider operations. Please include statistics/data to demonstrate the benefits (300 words max)