2022 Shortlist and Winners

Congratulations to our shortlisted entries!

Winners in bold

 

B2B SERVICE OF THE YEAR

China Unicom Global, CloudBond
WINNER: KT AICC
Orange Business Services, Flexible SD-WAN with Fortinet
Singtel Software Defined Network Services
Telia Global IoT Connectivity
Telstra Enhanced Enterprise Wireless service – powered by Ericsson and Cradlepoint
Verizon On Site 5G with Celona 5G LAN

 

BEST DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME

GoldConnect
Netcracker Technology and Virgin Media O2
WINNER: Orange International Carriers - Digital transformation programme
Ooredoo Group
stc WBU Transformation Journey

 

BEST NETWORK TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

WINNER: Collaborative Blockchain Industry Solution for Data Services Inventory Matching & Automated Settlement: Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, Vodafone, Colt Technology Services, PCCW Global
Colt Technology Services & Ciena
EE's 5G rollout
Ericsson & Telstra, Composite Orchestration of hybrid services
TDC NET-Ericsson

 

BEST OPERATOR IN AN EMERGING MARKET

WINNER: Converge ICT Solutions Inc.
inwi (Wana Corporate)
Ooredoo Palestine
Telecom International Myanmar Co., Ltd (Mytel)

 

BEST WHOLESALE OPERATOR

China Mobile International Limited
Colt Technology Services
WINNER: Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier
iBASIS
MTN GlobalConnect
Orange Wholesale France
Sparkle

 

CRISIS RESPONSE AWARD

BAI Communications Australia
Globe Telecom and Amdocs
Inseego and Verizon
WINNER: Kyivstar
Highly Commended: PLDT and Smart’s Crisis Leadership in Super Typhoon Rai
Turkcell

 

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AWARD

AsiaInfo Technologies (China), INC
WINNER: Colt Technology Services
China Mobile Beijing & Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
CITIC Telecom CPC, AI AR Remote Hand
Digicel Group
Ncell Axiata Limited
Orange 5G Lab
Subtonomy, SubSearch
Swisscom, Plato

 

OPERATOR OF THE YEAR

Colt Technology Services
WINNER: KT, DIGICO
Orange 5G Lab
Highly Commended: PLDT and Smart

 

PEOPLE & CULTURE AWARD

Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin)
WINNER: Sofrecom Tunisie
TalkTalk Wholesale Services

 

THE 5G IMPLEMENTATION AWARD

Highly Commended: China Unicom Global
China Mobile International Limited
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier - Ready for 5G Roaming
Highly Commended: Ericsson’s 5G Implementation for Australian Mobile Network Operators
WINNER: KT’s Ubiquitous 5G
Singtel 5G standalone – powered by Ericsson

 

 
THE ACCESS INNOVATION AWARD

Cohere Technologies, First MU-MIMO Software Solution
WINNER: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., FTTR
InCoax Networks and PCs for People
SK Telecom & Samsung Eletronics
stc OpenAccess

 

THE BEYOND CONNECTIVITY AWARD

China Mobile & Huawei, 5G Barrier-free Calling
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier
KT AI Service Robot
Ooredoo Tunisia, EZ
WINNER: Singtel’s 5G enterprise initiatives in Singapore – powered by Ericsson

 

THE CLOUD NATIVE AWARD

Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, The Magenta Hub Cloud
Highly Commended: Ericsson and TPG
WINNER: Jio Platforms Ltd. (JPL)
Netcracker Technology and T-Mobile Netherlands
Robin.io with Rakuten Mobile
stc Cloud Native platform deployment by Huawei

 

THE CYBER SECURITY AWARD

Enea AdaptiveMobile Security
KT SafeNet
Macquarie Telecom Group
WINNER: Nokia, NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome
SecurityGen, ACE 
ZARIOT

 

THE IOT INNOVATION AWARD

WINNER: Bridge Alliance, Singtel, Ericsson, APAC Multi-Domestic Connectivity Solution for Automotives
China Unicom Global
Console Connect IoT
iBASIS Global eSIM
IBM and Boston Dynamics, Mobile Edge Analytics
Telia Global IoT Connectivity

 

 
THE PLATFORM AWARD

Colt Technology Services, Colt On Demand
Console Connect
Comviva & Zain Jordan
Liberty Global’s ONEConnect, featuring Plume’s SaaS Experience Platform
WINNER: Rakuten Symphony, Symworld
Singtel Paragon
Telefónica Colombia & Red Hat

 

THE SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Highly Commended: Catel, imowi
WINNER: Digicel Haiti Foundation: Educating a nation so no one gets left behind
Ericsson, Air Quality Project 
Ncell Axiata Limited
Ooredoo Myanmar, SEAD Project
Highly Commended: PLDT and Smart: Championing Safety and Wellness in the Digital World
Polycab Telecom
Robi Axiata Ltd., bdapps

 

THE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

AsiaInfo Technologies (China), INC
China Unicom Global
Colt Technology Services
KT
Highly Commended: Orange Polska S.A.
Turkcell
WINNER: Vertical Bridge

 

WOMAN IN TELECOMS AWARD

Colt Technology Services, Keri Gilder
WINNER: Converge ICT Solutions Inc., Maria Grace Y. Uy
CSG, Liz Bauer
DZS, Jennifer Yohe
Hyperoptic, Dana Tobak
Verizon Business Group, Tommi Marsans

 

STARTUP OF THE YEAR