| 2009 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists
|
|
Best Brand
|
Starhub
|
Bharti Airtel, Mobilkom Austria, Orange, Roshan,
Telstra |
| Best Content Service |
Sebit
|
Banglalink, Orange, Reliance, Turkcell
|
| Best Customer Care |
BT
|
Deutsche Telekom, Global Crossing, Orange Business Services, SK Telecom |
| Best Managed Service |
CPCNet Hong Kong
|
COLT, iPass, PCCW Global, Reliance, Telekom Austria
|
| Best Mobile Service Provider |
Orange
|
Medi Telecom, Reliance, Telstra
|
|
Best New Service
|
TeliaSonera International Carrier |
Banglalink, BT, DotMobi, Zain
|
|
Best Operator in a Developing Market
|
Viettel Corporation
|
AWCC/TSI, Bharti Airtel, Digicel Group, Safaricom
|
|
Best Project Management
|
Telstra
|
Open Cloud, Orange Business Services, Reliance, TTK
|
|
Best Technology Foresight
|
Jasper Wireless
|
BT, Cambridge Broadband Networks, Exponential-e
Fundamo, Syniverse Technologies
|
| Best Device Strategy |
Reliance Communications |
Etisalat, Juniper Networks, Turkcell
|
|
Best Wholesale Carrier
|
TeliaSonera International Carrier |
Belgacom ICS, BT Wholesale, iBasis, NTT Communications
|
|
Best Global Operator
|
Orange Business Services |
Masergy, NTT Communications, Singapore Telecommunications
|
| Best Regional Operator |
COLT
|
Digicel Group, Interoute Communications, Pacnet
Viettel Corporation |
| The Green Award |
GSM Association
|
COLT, France Telecom, MTS Allstream, Turkcell
Turk Telekom |
|
Best Change-Maker
|
Sorin Group / Orange Business Services |
Medi Telecom, Telstra, Truphone, Turkcell
|
|
Users' Choice
|
Global Crossing
|
AT&T, Cable & Wireless, NTT Communications, Orange Business Services, PCCW Global, SingTel, T-Systems
Telmex, Verizon Business |
|
CEO of the Year
|
Sureyya Ciliv, CEO, Turkcell
|
Saad Al Barrak (Zain Group), Khalid Bin Omar Al Kaf (Mobily), Zeinal Bava (Portugal Telecom), Barbara Dalibard (Orange Business Services), Peter Kaliaropoulos (Batelco), Rashid Khan (Mobilink),
John Legere (Global Crossing), Jim Marsh (Cable & Wireless), Bjarni K. Thorvardarson (Hibernia Atlantic)
Lee Wade (Exponential-e)
|
| 2008 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists
|
| Best Brand |
Turkcell |
Bharti Airtel, Etisalat, Mobile TeleSystems, Mobinil |
|
Best Content Service
|
Bharti Airtel
|
Omnifone, Orange, Peperoni Software, Tata Communications, Turkcell |
|
Best Customer Care
|
Macquarie Telecom
|
BT Global Services, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Communications, Roshan
|
| Best Managed Service |
PCCW Global
|
Easynet, Orange Business Services,NTT Communications, Virtela |
| Best Mobile Operator |
Orange
|
Mobile TeleSystems, SK Telecom, Telstra |
|
Best New Service
|
O2
|
3UK, Bharti Airtel, Bharti Airtel, Orange Business Services, Turkcell |
| Best Operator in a Developing Country |
Safaricom Ltd
|
iBurst, Roshan, Viettel Corporation |
| Best Project Management |
Bharti Airtel
|
Alcatel Lucent, Comverse, Easynet, Orange Business Services, TEO LT |
|
Best Technology Foresight
|
VNL
|
Aepona, AT&T, Bharti Telesoft, Ceragon Networks, dotMobi, NXP, NextWave Wireless, Orange Business Services, Orga Systems GmbH, Qualcomm, Spinvox, Telcordia, Telstra, Wayfinder |
|
Best Wholesale Carrier
|
Belgacom International Carrier Services |
AT&T, BT, iBasis, Tata Communications, TeliaSonera International Carrier |
|
Best Global Operator
|
Orange Business Services |
AT&T, BT Global Services, NTT Communications |
|
Best International Carrier
|
Etisalat
|
AES Communications Rio de Janeiro, Belgacom International Carrier Services, COLT Telecom |
|
The Green Award
|
BT Global Services
|
BT Global Services, Orange, TeliaSonera International Carrier, Telstra |
|
Best Change Maker
|
Yazid Chir
Orange Business Services
|
Carsten Schindler (Deutsche Telekom ICSS), Gourav Srivastava and Ayaz Siddiqui (Tata Communications)
Yazid Chir, Orange Business Services |
|
Person of the Decade
|
Steve Jobs
Apple
|
Arun Sarin (Ex-Vodafone), Ben Verwaayen (Alcatel-Lucent), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Chris Gent (Ex-Vodafone), John Chambers (Cisco), Jorma Ollila (Nokia), Larry Page (Google), Niklas Zennstrom (Skype), Viviane Reding (EU) |
| 2007 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Brand |
Bharti Airtel Limited |
Bharti Airtel, Etisalat, Mobile TeleSystems, Mobinil |
|
Best Content Service
|
Minick Group
|
Omnifone, Orange, Peperoni Software, Tata Communications, Turkcell |
|
Best Customer Care
|
BT Group
|
BT Global Services, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Communications, Roshan
|
| Best Managed Service |
NTT Communications
|
Easynet, Orange Business Services,NTT Communications, Virtela |
| Best Mobile Operator |
Bharti Airtel Limited
|
Mobile TeleSystems, SK Telecom, Telstra
|
|
Best New Service
|
SpinVox
|
3UK, Bharti Airtel, Bharti Airtel, Orange Business Services, Turkcell |
|
Best Oper in
a Developing Market
|
Afsat Communications
|
iBurst, Roshan, Viettel Corporation
|
| Best Project Management |
Orange Business Services |
Alcatel Lucent, Comverse, Easynet, Orange Business Services, TEO LT |
|
Best Technology Foresight
|
ip.access
|
Aepona, AT&T, Bharti Telesoft, Ceragon Networks, dotMobi, NXP, NextWave Wireless, Orange Business Services, Orga Systems GmbH, Qualcomm, Spinvox, Telcordia, Telstra, Wayfinder |
|
Best Convergence Award
|
BT 21CN
|
AT&T, BT, iBasis, Tata Communications, TeliaSonera International Carrier
|
|
Best Change-Maker
|
Vshvas Sethi
|
AT&T, BT Global Services, NTT Communications
|
|
Best Wholesale Carrier
|
TeliaSonera International Carrier
|
AES Communications Rio de Janeiro, Belgacom International Carrier Services, COLT Telecom |
| Best Global Operator |
Orange Business Services |
BT Global Services, Orange, TeliaSonera International Carrier, Telstra |
|
Most Influential Person
|
Viviane Reding
(EC Commissioner for Information Society and Media)
|
Carsten Schindler (Deutsche Telekom ICSS), Gourav Srivastava and Ayaz Siddiqui (Tata Communications)
Yazid Chir, Orange Business Services
|
| 2006 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
|
Best Brand
|
COLT Telecom
|
Starhub (HC), Orange (HC), AT&T, Airtel, Roshan |
|
Best Content Service
|
Interoute (Media Manager)
|
MobileOne PS... I Luv U, NRK Mobile Portal, Orange World, VoxSurfVideoLab, Warner Music WAMO
|
|
Best Customer Care
|
Vanco
|
BT Global Services (HC), Fibernet, NTT Com, TeliaSonera International Carrier, Turkcell |
|
Best Technology Foresight
|
Actelis Networks (Carrier Ethernet over Copper)
|
Adamind, Alcatel, Ciena, CreateCNA, iCity, Infinera DTN, InProperty, Valista, XConnect Alliance
|
|
Best Mobile Operator
|
Orange
|
Bharti Airtel, mobilkom austria, Telecom Development Company Afghanistan, Telemig Celular, T-Mobile Inter |
| Best Nat/Reg Operator |
PCCW
|
BT SPAIN, COLT Telecom, Cosmote, Linx Telecom, MTC, Roshan |
| Best Operator in Developing Market |
Roshan
|
Afsat, Mobilink, Mobilinil, Nuevatel
|
|
Best Change-Maker
|
TEO Internet Services Development Team
|
Belgacom (HC), BT, C&W/Metasolve, Motorola, Slovak Telecom, SuperTech, Verizon Technology Center |
| Best Managed Service |
iPass Corporate Access
|
BT (HC), easynet, End2End, NTT Com, PCCW, Thus, Verizon Business |
|
Best New Service
|
BT Fusion
|
COLT Telecom (HC), T-Mobile (HC), Exponential-e, InfoSpace, Maxis, NTT Com |
|
Best Wholesale Carrier
|
VSNL International
|
AT&T, Belgacom ICS, Cogent Communications, iBasis, TeliaSonera International Carrier |
|
Best Global Carrier
|
Orange Business Services
|
AT&T, BT Global Services, NTT Com, Verizon Business |
| Most Influential Person |
Eric Schmidt, Chief Executive, Google |
|
| 2005 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
|
Best New Service
|
France Telecoom/Business Everywhere
|
Brasil Telecom Pula Pula, Equant Optimise, Interoute Area Voice Exchange, Tata Indicom Walky
|
| Best Technology Foresight |
Alavarion
|
Blackberry RIM, Celltick Nomad, Flarion Flash-OFDM Flexband, Kineto, Organe M2M Conect |
|
Best Brand
|
Blackberry
|
BT Global Services, Bharti Tele-ventures Brand Airtel, City Telecom HKBBN, TeliaSonera, Vanco |
|
Best Service in Emerging Markets
|
Tata Walky
|
Belgacom International Carrier Services, China Netcom, Cisco Systems, Globe Telecom Inc |
| Best Project Management |
Bharti Airtel
|
ntl On Demand, PCCW, Slovak Telecom, Telstra |
| Best Content Service |
ITN Media
|
Bharti Airtel, M1 Spiderman, ntl On Demand, Turkcell Ringback |
|
Best Customer Care
|
NTTCom
|
BT Global Services, BT Infonet, Equant, Vanco |
|
Best Managed Service
|
Vanco Network Management
|
BT MobileXpress, Equant Adaptive VPN, Equant Optimize, NTT Com 'Arcstar Managed Network and It Services |
| Best National/Regional Operator |
Colt
|
Asia Netcom, City telecom, Oskar Mobil, Singapore Telecommunications
|
| Best International Mobile Operator |
Orange
|
mm02, SingTel Mobile, T-Mobile International |
|
Best Wholesale Carrier
|
Belgacom ICS
|
Cable & Wireless, iBasis, NTT Communications, TeliaSonera International Carrier |
|
Best Global Carrier
|
BT Global Services
|
AT&T, Equant, MCI Europe, NTT Communications |
| Most Influential Person |
Ben Verwaayen, Chief Executive, BT Group |
|
| 2004 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
|
Best Brand
|
Airtel
|
BT Pan European Engagement; M1 Life Live IT; Orange Wednesdays; StarHub Max Online |
|
Best Technology Foresight
|
AT&T Internet Protect
|
Bitfone Corp mProve; Flarion Technologies Flash OFDM; Kineto MowLAN; Netcom Qserv; Sandvine Traffic Mitigation |
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom |
BT Global Services; M1; NTT Com; Vanco |
| Best National Mobile Operator |
SingTel Mobile |
Cesky Mobil Oskar; Airtel |
| Best National Carrier |
Esat BT
|
Fibernet; SingTel; TransTelecom |
|
Best Managed Service
|
Infonet
|
Cable & Wireless IPLAN; Infonet IP VPN; NTT Com Arcstar; Vanco Global Managed Service |
|
Best New Service
|
NTT Com IPv6/IPv4
|
BT Message Management Platform; Infonet MobileXpress; T-Systems International Carrier |
| Best Regional Carrier |
Infonet EMEA
|
COLT Telecom; SingTel |
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
Level 3 Communications |
Belgacom; France Telecom; Reach; T-Asystems International Carrier; Teleglobe |
| Best Global Carrier |
NTT Com |
AT&T; BT Global Services; Infonet; MCI |
| Best Global Mobile Carrier |
T-Mobile International
|
Vodafone
|
| Most Influential Person in Communications |
Mukesh Ambani
|
|
| 2003 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
|
Best Brand
|
Mobile One
|
AT&T; NTT Verio: Turkcell Mapco; Virgin Mobile |
|
Best Technology Foresight
|
Sandvine P2P Policy Management
|
BT Wholesale WhASP; Eleven eXpurgate; Interoute iRoam; IP Wireless Mobile Broadband; Wave7 Optics |
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom |
Infonet; MobileOne; Orange UK; Vanco |
|
Best New Service
|
Vodafone live!
|
BT Openzone; Fibernet TANet Ethernet; Inmarsat Regional BGAN; NTT Verio Smart Content Delivery |
|
Best Managed Service
|
Equant IP VPN
|
Infonet DialXpress; Savvis Intelligent Hosting; SingTel ConnectPlus; Vanco |
|
Best Wholesale Carrier
|
Belgacom Carrier & Wholessale |
Fibernet; ITXC; NTT Com; T-Systems International |
| Best Regional Mobile Operator |
MobileOne
|
mmO2; Cesky Mobile; SingTel
|
|
Best Regional Carrier
|
SingTel
|
Belgacom Carrier; COLT Telecom; Data Access; Easynet |
| Best Global Mobile Operator |
T-Mobile International
|
Orange; SingTel Mobile; Virgin Mobile
|
|
Best Global Carrier
|
Equant
|
AT&T; Infonet; NTT Communications; SingTel |
| Most Influential Person in Communications |
John Chambers
|
|
| 2002 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Managed Service |
AT&T Enterprise Hosting Service |
Cable & Wireless; COLT Telecom; Vanco
|
| Best Internet Service |
Multimap.com
|
Genuity Enterprise VoIP; WIND
|
|
Best New Service
|
Turkcell GPRSLand
|
T IP Clear; Level 3 Comms OnTap; PacketExchange |
| Best Branding Campaign |
Orange SA - Global Rebranding
|
Cingular Wireless What Do You Have To Say; MobileOne Smile; StarHub What's Next |
|
Technology Foresight
|
NTT Communications Global IPv6
|
Alcatel Aces; Columbitech; Manx Telecom 3G; Radioframe Networks; Telstra Electromagnetic Energy |
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom
|
Belgacom Carrier; Infonet Services; Sprint |
|
Best Carrier
|
Equant
|
Equant Belgacom Carrier; Infonet Services; Sprint |
| Best Mobile Operator |
NTT DoCoMo
|
MobileOne; Orange SR; Telefonica Moviles |
| Best Carrier Americas |
Sprint
|
Infonet Services; ITXC; SBC Comm
|
|
Best Carrier EMEA
|
Infonet Services |
Cable & Wireless; Fastweb; Lambdanet |
| Best Carrier Asia Pacific |
NTT Communications
|
Infonet Services; ITXC; SingTel
|
| Best Mobile Operator Americas |
Cingular Wireless
|
AT&T Wireless; Sprint; Telefonica Celular
|
| Best Mobile Operator EMEA |
T-Mobile
|
Oskar; TEM; WIND
|
| Best Mobile Operator Asia Pacific |
NTT DoCoMo
|
Mobile One; SingTel Mobile; Telstra
|
| Best Use of a Fixed Service |
Cisco Systems IP Convergence |
HIT Rail VPN
|
| Best Use of a Mobile Service |
IBM Global Services Global Wireless |
|
| Lifetime Achievement |
Candace Johnson
|
|
| 2001 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Carrier |
Worldcom |
Cable & Wireless; KPNQwest |
| Best Mobile/Wireless Operator |
Orange |
MTS; Oskar
|
| Technology Foresight |
Orange at Home |
Infonet; Vodafone |
|
Best New Carrier
|
Yipes Communications |
ITXC; Storm Telecommunications
|
| Best Wholesale Carrie |
Fibernet
|
Cable & Wireless; ITXC |
| Most Innovative Enterprise User |
Motorola
|
ExCel; Making Waves
|
| Most Innovative Service |
Andronics
|
Freever; XO Communications |
| Best Ecommerce Service |
Tesco.com |
Romotur; Worldpay
|
| Best Customer Care |
COLT Telecom |
Energis; Star Internet |
| Best Applications Service Provider |
Cable & Wireless |
Aspective; Netstore
|
| Best Branding Campaign |
Korea Telecom Megapass |
Orange; Oskar
|
| Communications Entrepreneur of the Year |
Vinod Khosla |
|
Lifetime Achievement
|
Richard Callahan |
|
| 2000 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Branding Campaign |
Viatel
|
Versatel Telecoms International; BT Cellnet
|
| Best Applications Service Provider |
Vistorm
|
Corio; Interliant
|
| Best Ecommerce Service |
Band-X
|
Spotcast Communications; Technopol
|
| Best Customer Care |
Infonet
|
Easyeverything; Vanco; RSLCom |
| Most Innovative Service |
Orange Wildfire
|
Maxitelcom; e-go Messaging; Equant
|
| Technology Foresight |
Sonera Smarttrust
|
Band-X: Level 3 Softswitch
|
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
ITXC
|
Carrier1; Telstra Global Wholesale
|
| Best New Carrier |
Equant |
Worldcom; PSINet |
| Best Mobile/Wireless Operator |
Sonera
|
AT&T Wireless; Telia
|
| Best Carrier |
Infonet |
Sonera; Telia |
| Communications Entrepreneur of the Year |
Marcus de Ferranti, Band-X
|
Rama Aysola, Airflash; James Crowe, Leve 3 Comms
|
| Lifetime Achievement |
Vinton Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee |
|
| 1999 WCA Winners and Finalists |
| Category |
Winners |
Finalists |
| Best Branding Campaign |
Sonera
|
ProjectOxygen
|
| Best Wholesale Carrier |
GTS Global TeleSystems Inc.
|
Lasminute.com, MCI Worldcom Interact, ITXC, KPNQwest |
| Best Ecommerce Service |
Stamps.com
|
Level 3 Comms; Parlay Group
|
| Technology Foresight |
Arbinet Comms
|
London Carrier Ring from Fibernet
|
| Most Innovative Service |
Duet from TeleDanmark
|
Lastminute.com
|
| Best Carrier |
Global One |
OnNet from MCI Worldcom; Orange |
| Best Carrier |
Global One |
BT; France Telecom |
| Best New Carrier |
Equant |
COLT Telecom; UUNet |
| Best Mobile/Wireless Operator |
France Telecom
|
Vodafone; KPN
|
| Entrepreneur of the Year |
Nina Brink of World Online |
Tom Evslin, ITXC; Neil Tagare
|
| Lifetime Achievement |
Craig McCaw
|
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