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AWARD CATEGORIES FOR 2021

This year, we are proud to present to you 20 quality categories:

OUR INCREDIBLE LIST OF 70 JUDGES

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Alex Besen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Besen Group Llc

Alex Besen is the Founder & CEO of The Besen Group LLC. He provides strategic advisory, training and market research services to corporate executives in the mobile data industry.

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Angel Dobardziev, Senior Director, European Consulting, IDC Asia Pacific

Angel Dobardziev is a Senior Director at IDC, leading its European telecoms and networking custom research and consulting, based in London. Prior to joining IDC in 2019, Angel served in senior analyst and consulting roles with Ovum and Gartner, working with some of the biggest telecoms, media and...

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Andy Valdar, Msc, B.Tech. (Hons), Ceng, Fiet Dept Electronic And Electrical Engineering, University College London

Andy Valdar has had a wide-ranging career in telecoms, covering network strategy, planning, international standards, regulation, product management, as well as teaching and writing.    After 30 years working for BT, including three working for the UN in India, he joined UCL in 1999.  Now...

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Jaswir Singh, Board Member, Capital Markets and Private Equity Investment, Private Equity

Jaswir is an experienced General Manager, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Board member with a demonstrated history of achievements in the global telecommunications, software and high tech industries. He has over 25 years of experience in the Telecoms industry having lived and...

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  Marc Anné

  Senior Consultant

  Self employed
  

  Chris Barnard

  Vice President, European Telecommunications and Networking

  IDC
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  Joe Barrett

  President

  GSA
  

  Michael Bartholomew

  President

  Bartholomew Advisors
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  Alex Besen

  Founder and Chief Executive Officer

  The Besen Group Llc
  

  Rena Bhattacharyya

  Service Director - Enterprise Technology and Services

  GLOBAL DATA
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  Pierre Blanchard

  Senior Analyst

  Independent
  

  Luc Blyaert

  Columnist

  Computable
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  Stuart Blythe

  Partner

  Baker Botts (UK) LLP
  

  Rob Bratby

  Partner

  Bratby Law
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  Vincent Camadro

  Independent Consultant

  VCI Consulting
  

  Rick Chandler

  Founder

  Airworking
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  Juanita Clark

  Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

  FTTH Council Africa
  

  Peter Cochrane

  Chief Executive Officer

  Cochrane Associates
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  Andrew Collinson

  Research Director

  STL Partners
  

  Euan Connor

  Senior Director - Strategy, Planning & Transformation

  Walgreens Boots Alliance
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  Teresa Cottam

  Chief Analyst

  Omnisperience
  

  Martin Creaner

  Advisory Board Member

  ODG Technologies
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  Roland da Silva

  Director

  Strategy ARX Advisory
  

  Angel Dobardziev

  Senior Director, European Consulting

  IDC Asia Pacific
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  Dhana Doobay

  Partner - Sector Head Telecoms

  Spencer West LLP
  

  Hesham El Alaily

  Executive President, Chief Executive Officer

  National Telecom Regulatory Authority - N.T.R.A.
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  BRIAN FINN

  Advisor

  Fionn
  

  Alan Hadden

  Director

  Hadden Telecoms Ltd
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  Philip Hargrave

  Executive Director

  405 Consulting Ltd
  

  Matthew Hatton

  Founding Partner

  Transforma Insights
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  Luc Hindryckx

  Director General

  ECTA
  

  Mats Hogberg

  IT Strategy & Innovation

  Atlas Copco
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  Chris Kelly

  Senior Account Manager

  Four Communications
  

  Fred Knops

  Sr. VP, Solutions

  Data Society
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  Tony Lavender

  Partner & CEO

  Plum Consulting
  

  Mary Lennighan

  director

  Woodighan Ink
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  Chris Lewis

  Founding Director

  Lewis Insight
  

  Caroline Lewko

  Chief Executive Officer

  Wireless Industry Partnership - W.I.P.
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  Carrie MacGillivray

  Group Vice President/General Manager, WW Telecom, Mobility & IoT Research

  IDC
  

  Audrey Mandela

  Chair

  Mandela Associates
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  Jose Garcia Martin

  Founder

  Global Telco Consult
  

  David Mccron

  Owner

  BRC Consultancy
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  Colin Miles

  CCO

  Zilliqa
  

  David Molony

  Principal Analyst

  Omdia
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  Annette Nabavi

  Partner

  AHV Associates LLP
  

  Jon Neville

  Independent Consultant

  Voilex
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  Stuart Newstead

  Owner

  Ellare
  

  John Nolan

  Director

  First Mile Networks
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  Fran O'Brien

  Wireless Standards

  Cisco Systems
  

  Jose Otero

  Director Latin America And Caribbean

  5G Americas
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  Richard Owen

  Founder

  OCX Cognition
  

  Isabelle Paradis

  CEO

  HOT TELECOM
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  Dobek Pater

  Telecoms Analyst

  Africa Analysis
  

  Leticia Pautasio

  Editor

  TeleSemana.com
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  Paolo Pescatore

  Founder, TMT Analyst

  PP Foresight
  

  Tony Poulos

  Managing Editor

  Disruptive.Asia
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  Livia Rosu

  President

  HomeGrid Forum
  

  Peggy Anne Salz

  Lead Analyst & Founder

  Mobile Entertainment
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  Jean-Dominique Séval

  Founding CEO

  Soon
  

  Martha Suarez

  President

  Dynamic Spectrum Alliance
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  David Swift

  Global Director Telecom Sales

  APITech
  

  Harold Syfrig

  Partner

  Wavestone
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  Sophie Ann Terrisse

  Executive Chairman

  26Five
  

  Craig Thomas

  Vice President Strategic Marketing & Business Development

  Broadband Forum
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  Will Townsend

  Senior Analyst

  Moor Insights and Strategy
  

  Lee Tuthill

  Counsellor

  World Trade Organization
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  Andy Valdar

  Msc, B.Tech. (Hons), Ceng, Fiet Dept Electronic And Electrical Engineering

  University College London
  

  Brian Washburn

  Research Director

  Omdia
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  Janet Watkin

  Chief Executive Officer

  ZENITH CHOICE
  

  Nick White

  Executive Vice President

  International Telecommunications Users Group
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  George Williamson

  Independent Consultant

  GWC Ltd
  

  Ilse Karg

  Chief Director: Future Industrial Production Technologies (4IR)

  Department of Trade, Industry & Competition
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  Jaswir Singh

  Board Member

  Private Equity

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