WORLD COMMUNICATION AWARDS 2025

Winners & Finalists

Congratulations to all our 2025 finalists and winners!

 

5G AWARD
  • WINNER: Singtel and Ericsson, for Singtel 5G+
  • Silver: KT, for the AICT Company initiative
Finalists: 
  • Batelco By Beyon
  • Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions, Ericsson Private 5G
  • Jio Platforms Ltd., JPL's AI Driven 5G Core, FWA Core
ACCESS INNOVATION AWARD
  • WINNER: Ericsson and Telstra, for the 5G triple-band FDD Massive MIMO radio
  • Silver: Rakuten Symphony, for Rakuten Site Management’s Fiber Manager
Finalists:
  • Blackspot Networks, Connectivity for Scottish Water
  • Converge, Converge builds a New Generation ISP Network, Promoting the Development of the Philippine Digital Economy.
  • Netcracker Technology, Netcracker Fiber Cloud
AI INNOVATION AWARD
  • WINNER: Jio Platforms, for JioBrain
  • Silver: Chunghwa Telecom, for their AI Agents for Customer Service
Finalists: 
  • China Mobile & AsiaInfo Technologies, AN Evo Drives Innovation in China Mobile’s Network Operations
  • Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, AI-Native Telco Network Transformation - Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison
  • InterDigital, AI-Enabled Sensing for Human Localization and Activity Detection
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  • Netcracker Technology, Netcracker GenAI Telco Platform and AI Agents
  • Tata Communications, Tata Communications Kaleyra.ai
  • Vodafone Türkiye, Huawei, Intelligent Value Generator to Revolutionize the Entire Network lifecycle and Business Monetization
BEST DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME
  • WINNER: Ericsson and IOH, for their Digital Monetization Platform
  • Silver: Jazz and Huawei, for their work to become a digital life service provider
Finalists:
  • Chunghwa Telecom, Transforming Network Operations with AI
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, FTTx Construction
  • Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd (UNN)
BEST NETWORK EVOLUTION INITIATIVE
  • WINNER: Colt Technology Services, for their global optical network
  • Silver: Telefónica Global Solutions
Finalists: 
  • e&UAE, Network Evolution: From Legacy to Cloud-Native Core
  • Telstra and Ericsson  - APAC’s first programmable network initiative
  • HFCL - MahaKumbh 2025 Mobile Data Offload & Wireless Backhaul Project for India’s Largest Operator
  • Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, FTTx Construction
  • Singtel, Singtel Network-as-a-Service
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BEST OPERATOR IN A GROWTH MARKET
  • WINNER: Lumitel
  • Silver: Smart Axiata
Finalists:
  • LANCK Telecom
  • PLDT and Smart
  • STAR TELECOM COMPANY, LaoApp
BEST WHOLESALE OPERATOR
  • WINNER: Orange Wholesale
  • Silver: Colt Technology Services, for Wholesale SIP
Finalists:
  • Bayobab
  • BTS
  • RETN
  • Telin
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BEYOND CONNECTIVITY AWARD
  • WINNER: VEON for JazzCash
  • Silver: PT Telkomsel, for their work to support West Sumatran tourism
Finalists:
  • Deutsche Telekom, Magenta Moments
  • FreeMove Alliance, FreeMove Automation Solution
  • PLDT and Smart, Digital Farmers Program
  • Singtel, Singtel SingVerify
CLOUD AWARD
  • WINNER: Jio Platforms, for its Cloud Platforms and Private MEC
  • Silver: Rakuten Symphony, for Rakuten Cloud
Finalists: 
  • Orange and Red Hat, Orange Telco Cloud Transformation with Red Hat
  • Virgin Media O2, Telco Cloud Innovation
CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AWARD
  • WINNER: Airband, for their Fixed Wireless Access innovation
  • Silver: Fibrus
Finalists:
  • Mova, on behalf of EE, Three, VMO2 and Vodafone, for the privately funded element of the Shared Rural Network programme, Shared Rural Network
  • Palestine Telecommunications Company - Jawwal, Jawwal
  • WiBUZ.COM LLC, wibipOS
CRISIS RESPONSE AWARD
  • WINNER: Palestine Telecommunications Company, Jawwal, for their network resilience and maintenance
  • Silver: Prima Limited, for their respose to the ICN1 earthquake in Vanuatu
CYBER SECURITY AWARD
  • WINNER: Jio Platforms, for the Quantum-Safe Security Suite
  • Silver: Bridge Alliance and Aeris Communications, for the Aeris IoT Watchtower
Finalists: 
  • Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions, Ericsson Clientless ZTNA for Wireless WAN
  • KT, KT AIDE: AI-based DDoS Everguard
  • Singtel, Singtel Managed SASE
  • Sparkle
ENTERPRISE SERVICE OF THE YEAR
  • WINNER: China Broadcasting Network and AsiaInfo Technologies, for their private 5G network supporting a smart wind farm
  • Silver: Singtel, for Singtel 5G+ Priority and Enterprise Mobile Protect
Finalists:
  • Ericsson and Telstra joint submission, Dynamic 5G with Network Slicing for Enterprise Innovation
  • Freshwave and ANDREW, Omni Network
  • UBIGI, Ubigi for Business
FUTURE AWARD
  • WINNER: Singtel, for its Quantum-Safe Network
  • Silver: Cohere Technologies, for its Pulsone Zak-OTFS for Integrated Sensing and Communications, and NTN applications
Finalists:
  • China Mobile, Vodafone Türkiye, IOH, Huawei, Harnessing GenAI’s Business Value for Operations Transformation and Business Monetization
  • Pixelar LTD (Pixsellar), PixselChat
  • SK Telecom, Enhancing Device and Network Performance by Applying AI to Telecommunications
PEOPLE & CULTURE AWARD
  • WINNER: Viettel Group
  • Silver: Deutsche Telekom, for the DT Europe Talent Powerhouse
Finalists: 
  • Moldcell
  • Telin
  • TurkNet, Redefining Internal Communication as a Cultural Engine
PLATFORM AWARD
  • WINNER: Singtel, for its Paragon Platform
  • Silver: Rakuten Symphony, for the Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform
Finalists:
  • Aeris, Aeris IoT Accelerator
  • e&UAE, e& AI-First CVM Platform: Real-Time. GenAI-Powered. Autonomous.
  • Tata Communications, Tata Communications Kaleyra.ai
  • Telenor Linx, Telco Sales Platform
  • Wind River, Wind River Cloud Platform
SATELLITE TELECOMS AWARD
  • WINNER: Telefónica Global Solutions
  • Silver: VEON and Kyivstar, for its partnership with Starlink
Finalists:
  • Ericsson, Ericsson Cellular & Satellite In-Vehicle Connectivity
  • Singtel, Teleport Hosting Service
  • Space42, Thuraya
SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD
  • WINNER: Helium
  • Silver: Moldcell, for the Moldcell Foundation
Finalists: 
  • DigitalC, Canopy, powered by DigitalC
  • PLDT and Smart Communities
  • Smart Axiata Co., Ltd
SUBMARINE NETWORKS AWARD
  • WINNER: EllaLink
  • Silver: Telin
Finalist:
  • Prima Limited
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
  • WINNER: Vodafone and Closing the Loop, for their One for One initiative
  • Silver: KT, for its AI-based ES Orchestrator
Finalists:
  • Airtel and Ericsson joint submission, Sustainability through AI-Based Software Enhancements
  • Ericsson, Ericsson’s 5G Advanced Automated Energy Saver - Unlocking Sustainable & Cost-Saving Networks
TOTAL EXPERIENCE AWARD
  • WINNER: Sparkle
  • Silver: China Mobile (Guangdong) and Huawei, for their AI+B/OSS
Finalists:
  • Celfocus, Celfocus Invoice Comparison
  • Ericsson and Jio joint submission, Network Enhancement for Exceptional Customer Experience
  • Moldcell
  • Netcracker Technology, Netcracker AI-Driven BSS Platform
  • Ooredoo Kuwait
STARTUP AWARD
  • Winner: nodeQ
  • Silver: A5G Networks
Finalists:
  • Calles Consolidated
  • Thinking Machine
  • Weezie
NEXT GEN AWARD
  • WINNER: Chiago Akpata, Bayobab
  • Silver: Sam Sham, RETN
Finalists:
  • David Wright, Disruptive Innovations
  • Afra Almusayebi, Khazna Data Centers
  • Ben Cooper, Cambridge Management Consulting
  • Vincent De Roeper, Zayo Europe
 
 

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