Hong Kong, September 14, 2015 - The shortlist of nominees for Telecom Asia’s 8th annual Readers’ Choice & Innovation Awards has been finalized, and voting is now open to its online subscriber base of service providers across Asia.
The editors of Telecom Asia narrowed down nominations in 21 categories to a shortlist of 90, representing 51 companies.
Leading the list of finalists this year is Huawei Technologies, with nominations in eleven categories. Ericsson has eight nominations; ZTE and Cisco Systems have seven each; and Nokia Networks has four.
Now in its eighth year, the awards program continues its heavy emphasis on innovation. The word “Innovation” in the titles of select awards reflects the increased focus that suppliers have made to ensure their products and services help telcos find new ways to partner, test new business models and compete in the digital economy.
Voting for Asia’s best technology providers will close on October 15. The winners will be announced at the Readers' Choice & Innovation Awards ceremony in Singapore, tentatively scheduled for late November.
Telecom Asia organizes the awards each year to recognize the technology innovations and accomplishments of the top telecom vendors operating in Asia Pacific.
To cast your vote, follow this link.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GDQJHTX
For details on the nominated innovations, click here [PDF].
Nomination Criteria:
* Overall quality of innovation and contribution to technology advancement (60%)
* Vision and industry leadership (15%)
* Market acceptance -- market share growth, market share and new customer acquisition (15%)
* Revenue growth and profitability (10%)
* Based on performance in 12 months prior to Aug 1, 2015 -- nominated products/services should have been announced by August 2014
Readers' Choice & Innovation Awards 2015 Shortlist
1. LTE Innovation of the Year
1. Allot Communications, Virtual traffic detection function for vEPC
2. Ericsson, Networks Software 15B
3. Huawei Technologies, 4.5G solution
4. Nokia Networks, LTE-based network in a box
5. Qualcomm, Snapdragon X12 and X5 LTE modems for automobiles
2. Small-cell Innovation of the Year
1. Airvana, OneCell C-RAN Small Cell
2. Ciena, 3905 Service Delivery Switch (SDS)
3. Ericsson, License Assisted Access (LAA) small cells
4. Huawei Technologies, LampSite + Service Anchor
5. ZTE, Qcell solution
3. Cloud Innovation of the Year
1. Ericsson, Ericsson Cloud System
2. Huawei Technologies, FusionSphere
3. IBM, Identity Mixer
4. Vmware, vSphere 6
4. SDN Innovation of the Year
1. Brocade, SDN-enabled Smart Packet Brokering for Mobile Service Providers
2. Huawei Technologies, Agile Network
3. Nuage Networks, Virtualized Services Assurance Platform (VSAP)
4. ZTE, iSDN solution
5. NFV Innovation of the Year
1. Cisco Systems, Virtual Packet Core (VPC)
2. Genband, NFV portfolio
3. Huawei Technologies, CloudEdge, CloudCore and Digital inCloud
4. Mitel, mOne Convergence Platform (Virtualized IMS Core suite)
5. VMware, vCloud for NFV
6. 5G Innovation of the Year
1. Ericsson, Multipoint Connectivity with Distributed MIMO
2. Huawei, 5G new air interface on sub-6GHz band
3. Samsung and SK Telecom, 3D Beamforming in mm-wave frequency bands
4. ZTE, Pre5G Massive MIMO base station
7. Fixed Broadband Innovation of the Year
1. Adtran, 10G wavelength symmetric ITU/FSAN for NG-PON2 FTTP
2. Cisco Systems, cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router
3. Huawei Technologies, Fiber to the Door (FTTD) solutions
8. Analytics Innovation of the Year
1. Amdocs, New Big Data Actionable Analytics
2. IBM, Watson Analytics
3. Netscout, nGeniusONE Service Assurance platform
4. SAP, hybris Marketing solution
5. Tektronix Communications, TrueCall for VoLTE
9. CEM Innovation of the Year
1. Amdocs CES 9.3
2. NetCracker, Netcracker 10 Suite
3. NICE Systems, Complaints Management Suite
4. Nokia Networks, CEM on Demand
5. Polystar, Customer Insights solution
10. Network Optimization Innovation of the Year
1. Amdocs, Centralized Management and Optimization Solution
2. Astellia, Nova RAN Optimizer
3. Cisco Systems, WAN Automation Engine
4. Ericsson, App Experience Optimization
5. Gladiator Innovations, G-Station
11. Optical Network Innovation of the Year
1. Infinera, Cloud Xpress metro optical platforms
2. MRV Communications, dynamic wavelength routing for OptiDriver platform
3. ZTE 100G OTN solution
12. OSS Innovation of the Year
1. Cisco Systems, Network Services Orchestrator
2. Comptel, Comptel Operational Intelligence Module (COIM)
3. Ericsson Adaptive Inventory 9.3
13. BSS Innovation of the Year
1. CSG International, CSG Ascendon Digital Services Platform
2. Elitecore Technologies, Bill Shock Prevention and Real Time Credit Control
3. ZTESoft, ZSmart API Management Solution
14. Data Center Innovation of the Year
1. Brocade, SDN Controller
2. Ciena, Waveserver Data Center Interconnect Platform
3. Cisco Systems, Virtual Managed Services Solution
4. Huawei Technologies, Service Driven-Distributed Cloud Data Center (SD-DC2)
15. Test & Measurement Innovation of the Year
1. Accedian Networks, SkyLIGHT VCX Virtualized Instrumentation
2. Anite, Virtual Drive Testing Toolset
3. Ixia, 25 Gigabit Ethernet Validation Solution
4. Rodhe & Schwarz, 5G test solution for mm-wave apps
5. Viavi, TrueSpeed VNF
16. Telecoms Security Innovation of the Year
1. F5 Networks, BIG-IP 12.0
2. FireEye, Next-Generation Endpoint Threat Prevention Platform
3. Gemalto, LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity solution
4. Gigamon, GigaSECURE Security Delivery Platform
5. Ixia, Application and Threat Intelligence for Visibility Architecture
17. Video Platform Innovation of the Year
1. Envivio, Nuage virtualized cloud-based SaaS video solution
2. Ericsson, cloud DVR solution
3. Qwilt, Mobile Video Fabric
4. Verimatrix, Verspective Intelligence Center
5. ZTE, integrated CDN platform
18. Future TV Innovation of the Year
1. Brightcove Video Cloud
2. Ineoquest, Endpoint Analytics SDK
3. Kaltura, open source video library for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) playback on Android devices
4. Ooyala, Ooyala IQ
5. SPB TV, OTT TV platform featuring 4K encoding and "swipe" feature
19. IoT/M2M Innovation of the Year
1. Cisco Systems, Cisco IoT System
2. Huawei Technologies Agile IoT Solution
3. Intel, Intel IoT Platform
4. Nokia Networks, IoT connectivity solution for LTE core and radio networks
5. Sequans Communications, Calliope LTE Platform
20. Wireless Network Project of the Year
1. Cisco Systems and Telstra, Telstra Air
2. Elitecore Technologies and Tata Tele Services: Mobile Data offload, Public Wi-Fi and event-based Wi- Fi services
3. Ericsson and China Mobile Hong Kong, FDD/TDD 3CC Carrier Aggregation in Live Converged LTE Network
4. Huawei Technologies and China Mobile, Cloudified VoLTE Solution and Mobile Network Architecture
5. Nokia Networks and StarHub, LTE-Advanced at 600Mbps using 4X4 MIMO technology
21. Fixed Broadband Project of the Year
1. ZTE and AIS, AIS transformation to full-service operator
2. Arris, SK Broadband Gigabit Broadband over Cable
3. Huawei Technologies + HKT, world’s first 10Gbps FTTH access
About Telecom Asia
Telecom Asia is Asia's largest regional telecom publishing group. It publishes the magazine Telecom Asia and the website www.telecomasia.net, aimed at telecommunications professionals around the region. Combined, these titles serve more than 100,000 subscribers.
For more information contact:
Stefan Hammond
Managing Editor
Telecom Asia
Email:shammond@questexasia.com
Direct line: +852 2589-1389
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