Nessun riconoscimento per le telco e i vendor operativi in Italia alla 21ma edizione dei World Communication Awards, il Premio internazionale dedicato all’innovazione sul fronte infrastrutturale ma anche della security, del cloud, dell’Iot e dei servizi. La shortlist dei vincitori delle 24 categorie in concorso – che saranno premiati in una cerimonia pubblica il prossimo 30 ottobre a Londra – vede in pole position numerose telco europee nonché i principali player americani e cinesi. Ma nessun progetto portato avanti in Italia è stato ritenuto degno di nota nonostante il nostro Paese sia fra i più attivi sul fronte in particolare del 5G.
“Giudicare questi premi è un’operazione seria considerata la quantità e la qualità delle candidature che abbiamo ricevuto quest’anno. Mentre l’industria globale delle telecomunicazioni fa i primi tentativi nel suo viaggio nel 5G, sia gli operatori che i distributori stanno pompando denaro in iniziative di ricerca e sviluppo. Quest’anno ci si è concentrati davvero sull’innovazione, sia nel settore della telefonia mobile sia in quello della rete fissa “, ha dichiarato un portavoce della giuria a Total Telecom che ha appena svelato la shortlist.
Tutti i vincitori del World Communication Awards 2019
Most Innovative IoT Solution
Altice Portugal – IoT Connect
Inseego – Ctrack Aviation Asset Tracking Solution
Liquid Telecom – Improving Fishing Yields in Kenya
Mojio Motion – Connected Car Solution
Telekom Research & Development – TM Smart Helmet
Vodafone UK – V by Vodafone
Cloud Ecosystem Award
France-IX – Peering Services & Marketplace
Red Hat
Telia Carrier – Cloud Connect
ZTE Corporation – ZTE Light Cloud
Smart Cities Award
PCCW Global
Telekom Research & Development – Open Innovation Platform (OIP)
ZTE Corporation – ZTE 5G Ultra-High-Precision Time Synchronization
Best Operator in an Emerging Market
Digicel – Connecting the Unconnected in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
GlobeNet – Ready today for tomorrow
Reliance Jio
SatADSL – Cloud Based Service Delivery Platform (C-SDP)
Smart Communications
IPTV Innovation Award
KT – GiGA Genie
MEO – TV Experience
Reliance Jio Infocomm – JioTV
Smart Communications – Smart Free YouTube Everyday
The Platform Award
Altice Portugal – Advanced Business Communications platform
Comviva – Mobqiuity Money
Content Guru – Storm
ngena – SD-WAN-as-a-Service platform
Nokia – AVA Cognitive Services Platform
Telstra – The Telstra Enterprise Cloud Connectivity (TECCo) platform
ZTE Corporation – ZTE VMAX Intelligent Big Data Platform
Regional Wholesale Operator
GlobeNet – Ready Today For Tomorrow
Liquid Telecom
MTN – GlobalConnect
Telin
UFINET – Latin American Telecom Market
Best Wholesale Operator
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier
NTT Communications
Orange Wholesale France
PCCW Global
Telia Carrier
Network Security Innovation
CITIC Telecom CPC – TrustCSI Secure AI
Huawei – Signaling Security Solution
KT – GiGAstealth
Mobileum – Signalling Firewall
SingTel – Trustwave Managed Security Services
Tollring – iCS Protect
The Innovation Award Vendor
DriveNets – Network Cloud
Netcracker Technology – Netcracker Business Cloud
Sigma Systems – Sigma Portfolio Inventory
Synchronoss – The Synchronoss Digital Experience Platform
Telekom Research & Development – TM Smart Helmet
ZTE Corporation – ZTE AI CDN
Wireless Innovation Award Vendor
Blu Wireless – Fixed Wireless Access solution
Huawei – 5G MEC Solution
Openwave Mobility – RAN Congestion Manager
Parallel Wireless – ALL G software enabled Open RAN
ZTE Corporation – ZTE Elastic Network Slicing (IP+Optical)
Radisys – MobilityEngine First-To-Market 3GPP R15 Compliant 5G Software Suite
The NFV Innovation Award
Huawei – Fully Converged Cloud Core Network for 5G
Parallel Wireless – virtual 5G native architecture
Red Hat – Technology for NFV
Saudi Telecom Company – STC Telco Cloud
VMware vCloud – NFV for OpenStack
ZTE Corporation – ZTE NFVI SDN Solution
The Innovation Award Operator
Elisa Corporation – Elisa Virtual NOC
KT Dr. Lauren – AI-powered Network O&M Expert
NTT Communications – Software Router
Reliance Jio Infocomm – JioInteract
SK telecom – AI Powered Analytics for 5G
Best Enterprise Service
AT&T – SD-WAN (network-based)
Comviva – Ngage Messaging Platform
PCCW Global – Console Connect
Singtel – Liquid Infrastructure
SK Telecom – 5G Use Case
Digital Transformation Award
Altice Portugal – 360 DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
Huawei Technologies – B2B Digital Transformation
MegaFon – Unified billing system
Netcracker Technology – Digital Transformation Solutions
Ooredoo Oman
ZTE Corporation – China Mobile NB-IoT Network
Best Network Transformation Initiative
Altice Portugal – Global Operation Centre Automation
JT Group – Gigabit Jersey full-fibre network infrastructure
Proximus in partnership with Nokia – Automation Datacentre Facilities
Saudi Telecom Company – STC Infrastructure Transformation Initiative
TalkTalk Business – Network Brilliance Programme
The Social Contribution Award
Digicel Group – Digicel Mon Cash (Haiti)
Digicel Group – Digicel Papua New Guinea Education
Reliance Jio Infocomm – JioPhone
Smart Communications – LearnSmart Mother Tongue-Based Literacy Apps
Telecom Egypt – E-Blood Banking System
Viettel Peru – Internet for Schools
The Broadband Pioneer Award
CBNL – Millimetre Wave fixed wireless access services for Sudan
CityFibre – Fibre-to-the-Premises broadband rollout, in partnership with Vodafone
Gigaclear
JT Group – Gigabit Jersey
Singtel – Intelligent Fibre Broadband
ZTE Corporation – ZTE eWBB
Customer Experience Award
BT Enterprise – Great Conversations
Evolving Systems – Orange Thank You Loyalty Program
Far EasTone Telecommunications Co – FET Self Care App
KT – HDMS (Home Device Management System)
TalkTalk Business – One Plan
Telia Carrier
5G Leadership Award
Inseego with Verizon and Columbia University – VR Telemedicine over Live 5G Network in Maui
KT – World’s First 5G Commercialization
Ooredoo Qatar
Saudi Telecom Company – STC 5G Leadership
Worcestershire 5G Consortium
CTO of the Year
CityFibre – David Tomalin
iBASIS – Ajay Joseph
M247 – Kevin Paige
O2 – Brendan O’Reilly
Ooredoo Kuwait – Shaima Othman Al-Najdi (Formerly CTO)
Telefónica – Enrique Blanco
Woman in Telecoms Award
Altice Portugal – Filipa Martins
AT&T – Barbara Stark
Bridge Alliance – Ong Geok Chwee
Digicel Group – Nikima Royer Jno Baptiste
Hyperoptic – Dana Tobak CBE
NTT Communications – Akiko Kudo
SatADSL – Caroline de Vos
Operator of the Year
Elisa Corporation
GlobeNet
GTT
Hyperoptic
NTT Communications
CEO of the Year
CityFibre – Greg Mesch
GlobeNet – Eduardo Falzoni
iBASIS – Alexandre Pebereau
UFINET – Iñigo García del Cerro
